diff --git a/Lib/test/test_struct.py b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
index 616e6658d54..bce8fdcfade 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_struct.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def check_float_coerce(self, format, number):
             self.fail("did not raise error for float coerce")
 
     def test_isbigendian(self):
-        self.assertEqual((struct.pack('=i', 1)[0] == chr(0)), ISBIGENDIAN)
+        self.assertEqual((struct.pack('=i', 1)[0] == 0), ISBIGENDIAN)
 
     def test_consistence(self):
         self.assertRaises(struct.error, struct.calcsize, 'Z')