diff --git a/Modules/signalmodule.c b/Modules/signalmodule.c
index 1bf48923f88..3049f225f7e 100644
--- a/Modules/signalmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/signalmodule.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ initsignal()
 }
 
 int
-sigcheck()
+PyErr_CheckSignals()
 {
 	int i;
 	PyObject *f;