diff -r 1bb9641713ec Lib/test/test_memoryview.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py	Wed Feb 25 16:47:20 2015 -0500
+++ b/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py	Wed Feb 25 23:05:53 2015 -0800
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
         for tp in self._types:
             ob = tp(self._source)
             self.assertTrue(memoryview(ob))
-            self.assertTrue(memoryview(object=ob))
+            self.assertTrue(memoryview(obj=ob))
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, memoryview)
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, memoryview, ob, ob)
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, memoryview, argument=ob)
diff -r 1bb9641713ec Objects/memoryobject.c
--- a/Objects/memoryobject.c	Wed Feb 25 16:47:20 2015 -0500
+++ b/Objects/memoryobject.c	Wed Feb 25 23:05:53 2015 -0800
@@ -945,8 +945,8 @@
 static PyObject *
 memory_new(PyTypeObject *subtype, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
-    PyObject *obj;
-    static char *kwlist[] = {"object", NULL};
+    PyObject *obj = NULL;
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"obj", NULL};
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O:memoryview", kwlist,
                                      &obj)) {