diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index 0e48463976e..3086aab4063 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -3215,8 +3215,7 @@ slot_tp_del(PyObject *self)
         _Py_NewReference(self);
         self->ob_refcnt = refcnt;
     }
-    assert(!PyType_IS_GC(Py_TYPE(self)) ||
-           _Py_AS_GC(self)->gc.gc_refs != _PyGC_REFS_UNTRACKED);
+    assert(!PyType_IS_GC(Py_TYPE(self)) || _PyObject_GC_IS_TRACKED(self));
     /* If Py_REF_DEBUG, _Py_NewReference bumped _Py_RefTotal, so
      * we need to undo that. */
     _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL;
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 6532c3b287e..3eb4810bd9a 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -316,9 +316,7 @@ PyObject_CallFinalizerFromDealloc(PyObject *self)
     _Py_NewReference(self);
     self->ob_refcnt = refcnt;
 
-    if (PyType_IS_GC(Py_TYPE(self))) {
-        assert(_PyGC_REFS(self) != _PyGC_REFS_UNTRACKED);
-    }
+    assert(!PyType_IS_GC(Py_TYPE(self)) || _PyObject_GC_IS_TRACKED(self));
     /* If Py_REF_DEBUG, _Py_NewReference bumped _Py_RefTotal, so
      * we need to undo that. */
     _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL;
@@ -2095,7 +2093,7 @@ void
 _PyTrash_deposit_object(PyObject *op)
 {
     assert(PyObject_IS_GC(op));
-    assert(_PyGC_REFS(op) == _PyGC_REFS_UNTRACKED);
+    assert(!_PyObject_GC_IS_TRACKED(op));
     assert(op->ob_refcnt == 0);
     _Py_AS_GC(op)->gc.gc_prev = (PyGC_Head *)_PyRuntime.gc.trash_delete_later;
     _PyRuntime.gc.trash_delete_later = op;
@@ -2107,7 +2105,7 @@ _PyTrash_thread_deposit_object(PyObject *op)
 {
     PyThreadState *tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
     assert(PyObject_IS_GC(op));
-    assert(_PyGC_REFS(op) == _PyGC_REFS_UNTRACKED);
+    assert(!_PyObject_GC_IS_TRACKED(op));
     assert(op->ob_refcnt == 0);
     _Py_AS_GC(op)->gc.gc_prev = (PyGC_Head *) tstate->trash_delete_later;
     tstate->trash_delete_later = op;