diff --git a/Lib/python/defarg.swg b/Lib/python/defarg.swg
index 59450bd82..ba5ff43d4 100644
--- a/Lib/python/defarg.swg
+++ b/Lib/python/defarg.swg
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ SWIGINTERN PyObject *swig_call_defargs(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     SWIG_PYTHON_THREAD_END_BLOCK;
     return NULL;
   }
-  return PyEval_CallObject(func,parms);
+  return PyObject_Call(func, parms, NULL);
 }