diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
index c019af7be67..74e0ae50766 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ static int
 converter(PyObject *obj, void **address)
 {
 	*address = PyLong_AsVoidPtr(obj);
-	return address != NULL;
+	return *address != NULL;
 }
 
 static PyObject *