diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index e87763a54d4ae8..813b77a9002bcf 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -7611,7 +7611,7 @@ type_add_method(PyTypeObject *type, PyMethodDef *meth)
         descr = PyDescr_NewClassMethod(type, meth);
     }
     else if (meth->ml_flags & METH_STATIC) {
-        PyObject *mod = PyObject_GetAttr((PyObject*)type, &_Py_ID(__module__));
+        PyObject *mod = type_module(type);
         PyErr_Clear();
         PyObject *cfunc = PyCFunction_NewEx(meth, (PyObject*)type, mod);
         Py_XDECREF(mod);