diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_long.h b/Include/internal/pycore_long.h
index c52eb77692dd6a..df0656a7cb8f0c 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_long.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_long.h
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyLong_ExactDealloc(PyObject *self);
 #  error "_PY_NSMALLPOSINTS must be greater than or equal to 257"
 #endif
 
+#define _PY_IS_SMALL_INT(val) ((val) >= 0 && (val) < 256 && (val) < _PY_NSMALLPOSINTS)
+
 // Return a reference to the immortal zero singleton.
 // The function cannot return NULL.
 static inline PyObject* _PyLong_GetZero(void)
diff --git a/Python/codegen.c b/Python/codegen.c
index 0bf9526cdc8435..e9853d7302f67f 100644
--- a/Python/codegen.c
+++ b/Python/codegen.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ codegen_addop_load_const(compiler *c, location loc, PyObject *o)
     if (PyLong_CheckExact(o)) {
         int overflow;
         long val = PyLong_AsLongAndOverflow(o, &overflow);
-        if (!overflow && val >= 0 && val < 256 && val < _PY_NSMALLPOSINTS) {
+        if (!overflow && _PY_IS_SMALL_INT(val)) {
             ADDOP_I(c, loc, LOAD_SMALL_INT, val);
             return SUCCESS;
         }