diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 82e09ad..fd0e8e0 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -16243,20 +16243,16 @@
 
 static struct PyModuleDef _string_module = {
     PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
-    "_string",
-    PyDoc_STR("string helper module"),
-    0,
-    _string_methods,
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
-    NULL
+    .m_name = "_string",
+    .m_doc = PyDoc_STR("string helper module"),
+    .m_size = 0,
+    .m_methods = _string_methods,
 };
 
 PyMODINIT_FUNC
 PyInit__string(void)
 {
-    return PyModule_Create(&_string_module);
+    return PyModuleDef_Init(&_string_module);
 }