diff --git a/Objects/complexobject.c b/Objects/complexobject.c
index a481d9a..a65ebdf 100644
--- a/Objects/complexobject.c
+++ b/Objects/complexobject.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ PyObject *
 PyComplex_FromCComplex(Py_complex cval)
 {
     /* Inline PyObject_New */
-    PyComplexObject *op = PyObject_MALLOC(sizeof(PyComplexObject));
+    PyComplexObject *op = PyObject_Malloc(sizeof(PyComplexObject));
     if (op == NULL) {
         return PyErr_NoMemory();
     }