diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index 13c9e2e4b395abd..97fe9085ba08e02 100644
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -5415,7 +5415,8 @@ dict_vectorcall(PyObject *type, PyObject * const*args,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    PyObject *self = dict_new(_PyType_CAST(type), NULL, NULL);
+    assert(type == (PyObject *)&PyDict_Type);
+    PyObject *self = PyDict_New();
     if (self == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }