diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index 5eb7b28facf..8d6f023c47b 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ PySequence_Check(PyObject *s)
 {
 	if (s && PyInstance_Check(s))
 		return PyObject_HasAttrString(s, "__getitem__");
-	if (PyObject_IsInstance(s, (PyObject *)&PyDict_Type))
+	if (PyDict_Check(s))
 		return 0;
 	return s != NULL && s->ob_type->tp_as_sequence &&
 		s->ob_type->tp_as_sequence->sq_item != NULL;