diff --git a/Objects/moduleobject.c b/Objects/moduleobject.c
index 73ad9711b6b..efc74dafb5f 100644
--- a/Objects/moduleobject.c
+++ b/Objects/moduleobject.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ _PyModule_CreateInitialized(PyModuleDef* module, int module_api_version)
         }
     }
     m->md_def = module;
-#ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLE
+#ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
     m->md_gil = Py_MOD_GIL_USED;
 #endif
     return (PyObject*)m;