diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys.py b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
index 4f1577d65d8..5a37537acdf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ class newstyleclass(object): pass
     def check_slots(self, obj, base, extra):
         expected = sys.getsizeof(base) + struct.calcsize(extra)
         if gc.is_tracked(obj) and not gc.is_tracked(base):
-            expected += struct.calcsize('2Pn')  # PyGC_Head
+            expected += self.gc_headsize
         self.assertEqual(sys.getsizeof(obj), expected)
 
     def test_slots(self):