diff --git a/Modules/pyexpat.c b/Modules/pyexpat.c
index 85cb602fb63..2009b225bcb 100644
--- a/Modules/pyexpat.c
+++ b/Modules/pyexpat.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 static PyTypeObject Xmlparsetype;
 
-typedef void (*xmlhandlersetter)(XML_Parser *self, void *meth);
+typedef void (*xmlhandlersetter)(XML_Parser self, void *meth);
 typedef void* xmlhandler;
 
 struct HandlerInfo {