diff --git a/Python/fileutils.c b/Python/fileutils.c
index 4b69049..c4d495d 100644
--- a/Python/fileutils.c
+++ b/Python/fileutils.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
 #if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__ANDROID__)
     return _Py_DecodeUTF8_surrogateescape(arg, strlen(arg), size);
 #else
-    if (Py_UTF8Mode) {
+    if (Py_UTF8Mode == 1) {
         return _Py_DecodeUTF8_surrogateescape(arg, strlen(arg), size);
     }
 
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
 #if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__ANDROID__)
     return _Py_EncodeLocaleUTF8(text, error_pos);
 #else   /* __APPLE__ */
-    if (Py_UTF8Mode) {
+    if (Py_UTF8Mode == 1) {
         return _Py_EncodeLocaleUTF8(text, error_pos);
     }