diff --git a/Objects/rangeobject.c b/Objects/rangeobject.c
index dfd3cac1c7b..5ea5d6fb87d 100644
--- a/Objects/rangeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/rangeobject.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ range_item(rangeobject *r, Py_ssize_t i)
         }
 
     /* XXX(nnorwitz): optimize for short ints. */
-    rem = PyLong_FromSsize_t(i % len);
+    rem = PyLong_FromSsize_t(i);
     if (!rem)
         return NULL;
     incr = PyNumber_Multiply(rem, r->step);