diff --git a/Objects/genobject.c b/Objects/genobject.c
index 2a5a0d9c1cd..3c32e7b9788 100644
--- a/Objects/genobject.c
+++ b/Objects/genobject.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ gen_get_iter(PyGenObject *gen)
     }
 
     Py_INCREF(gen);
-    return gen;
+    return (PyObject *)gen;
 }
 
 static int