diff --git a/Objects/bufferobject.c b/Objects/bufferobject.c
index 4b38aa2..64b11a9 100644
--- a/Objects/bufferobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bufferobject.c
@@ -710,8 +710,7 @@
 };
 
 PyTypeObject PyBuffer_Type = {
-	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
-	0,
+	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
 	"buffer",
 	sizeof(PyBufferObject),
 	0,