fix lookup of __ceil__
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index 297cc35..0979880 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -1581,6 +1581,7 @@
             ("__format__", format, format_impl, set(), {}),
             ("__floor__", math.floor, zero, set(), {}),
             ("__trunc__", math.trunc, zero, set(), {}),
+            ("__ceil__", math.ceil, zero, set(), {}),
             ]
 
         class Checker(object):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2671d85..94de171 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1374,8 +1374,8 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
-- In the math module, correctly lookup __trunc__ and __floor__ as special
-  methods.
+- In the math module, correctly lookup __trunc__, __ceil__, and __floor__ as
+  special methods.
 
 - Issue #9005: Prevent utctimetuple() from producing year 0 or year
   10,000.  Prior to this change, timezone adjustment in utctimetuple()
diff --git a/Modules/mathmodule.c b/Modules/mathmodule.c
index 64738f0..9141805 100644
--- a/Modules/mathmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/mathmodule.c
@@ -843,17 +843,17 @@
     static PyObject *ceil_str = NULL;
     PyObject *method;
 
-    if (ceil_str == NULL) {
-        ceil_str = PyUnicode_InternFromString("__ceil__");
-        if (ceil_str == NULL)
+    method = _PyObject_LookupSpecial(number, "__ceil__", &ceil_str);
+    if (method == NULL) {
+        if (PyErr_Occurred())
             return NULL;
-    }
-
-    method = _PyType_Lookup(Py_TYPE(number), ceil_str);
-    if (method == NULL)
         return math_1_to_int(number, ceil, 0);
-    else
-        return PyObject_CallFunction(method, "O", number);
+    }
+    else {
+        PyObject *result = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(method, NULL);
+        Py_DECREF(method);
+        return result;
+    }
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(math_ceil_doc,