diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 3c98385f539..d7b01cebac8 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -4103,8 +4103,8 @@ long_divmod(PyObject *a, PyObject *b)
     }
     z = PyTuple_New(2);
     if (z != NULL) {
-        PyTuple_SetItem(z, 0, (PyObject *) div);
-        PyTuple_SetItem(z, 1, (PyObject *) mod);
+        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(z, 0, (PyObject *) div);
+        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(z, 1, (PyObject *) mod);
     }
     else {
         Py_DECREF(div);