diff --git a/Modules/gcmodule.c b/Modules/gcmodule.c
index 5a6a81d813..18a490cb53 100644
--- a/Modules/gcmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/gcmodule.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ subtract_refs(PyGC_Head *containers)
     for (; gc != containers; gc = GC_NEXT(gc)) {
         PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc);
         traverse = Py_TYPE(op)->tp_traverse;
-        (void) traverse(FROM_GC(gc),
+        (void) traverse(op,
                        (visitproc)visit_decref,
                        op);
     }