diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 0b7f00d..193b0cc 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -2435,7 +2435,7 @@
 				     "method cannot be both class and static");
 				return -1;
 			}
-			descr = create_specialmethod(meth, PyClassMethod_New);
+			descr = PyDescr_NewClassMethod(type, meth);
 		}
 		else if (meth->ml_flags & METH_STATIC) {
 			descr = create_specialmethod(meth, PyStaticMethod_New);