diff --git a/Objects/memoryobject.c b/Objects/memoryobject.c
index 9427522..21e0645 100644
--- a/Objects/memoryobject.c
+++ b/Objects/memoryobject.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 memory_format_get(PyMemoryViewObject *self)
 {
-    return PyUnicode_FromString(self->view.format);
+    return PyString_FromString(self->view.format);
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 memory_repr(PyMemoryViewObject *self)
 {
-    return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<memory at %p>", self);
+    return PyString_FromFormat("<memory at %p>", self);
 }
 
 /* Sequence methods */