diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_complex.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_complex.py
index d731e9308d7ce9..368edfbf2ce97e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_complex.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_complex.py
@@ -226,10 +226,11 @@ def test_py_c_pow(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(_py_c_pow(0j, -1)[1], errno.EDOM)
         self.assertEqual(_py_c_pow(0j, 1j)[1], errno.EDOM)
-        self.assertEqual(_py_c_pow(*[DBL_MAX+1j]*2),
-                         (complex(*[INF]*2), errno.ERANGE))
-        self.assertEqual(_py_c_pow(DBL_MAX+1j, 2),
-                         (complex(*[INF]*2), errno.ERANGE))
+        max_num = DBL_MAX+1j
+        self.assertEqual(_py_c_pow(max_num, max_num),
+                         (complex(INF, INF), errno.ERANGE))
+        self.assertEqual(_py_c_pow(max_num, 2),
+                         (complex(INF, INF), errno.ERANGE))
 
 
     def test_py_c_abs(self):