diff --git a/Python/future.c b/Python/future.c
index 83465a8..d24ae41 100644
--- a/Python/future.c
+++ b/Python/future.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         */
 
         if (s->kind == ImportFrom_kind) {
-            identifier *modname = s->v.ImportFrom.module;
+            identifier modname = s->v.ImportFrom.module;
             if (modname &&
                 !PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(modname, "__future__")) {
                 if (done) {