1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/floatobject.c b/Objects/floatobject.c
index dceb55ef29..8d85121910 100644
--- a/Objects/floatobject.c
+++ b/Objects/floatobject.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ PyFloat_FromString(PyObject *v)
     double x;
     PyObject *s_buffer = NULL;
     Py_ssize_t len;
+    Py_buffer view = {NULL, NULL};
     PyObject *result = NULL;
 
     if (PyUnicode_Check(v)) {
@@ -143,7 +144,11 @@ PyFloat_FromString(PyObject *v)
             return NULL;
         }
     }
-    else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(v, &s, &len)) {
+    else if (PyObject_GetBuffer(v, &view, PyBUF_SIMPLE) == 0) {
+        s = (const char *)view.buf;
+        len = view.len;
+    }
+    else {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
             "float() argument must be a string or a number, not '%.200s'",
             Py_TYPE(v)->tp_name);
@@ -170,6 +175,7 @@ PyFloat_FromString(PyObject *v)
     else
         result = PyFloat_FromDouble(x);
 
+    PyBuffer_Release(&view);
     Py_XDECREF(s_buffer);
     return result;
 }