diff --git a/Lib/asyncore.py b/Lib/asyncore.py
index fb30d0e1d0c..f221d4c18e9 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncore.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncore.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def __repr__ (self):
             elif self.connected:
                 status.append ('connected')
             if self.addr:
-                if self.addr == types.TupleType:
+                if type(self.addr) == types.TupleType:
                     status.append ('%s:%d' % self.addr)
                 else:
                     status.append (self.addr)