diff --git a/python/idc.py b/python/idc.py
index 26ec40e..5d891f2 100644
--- a/python/idc.py
+++ b/python/idc.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import struct
 import time
 import types
 
-__EA64__ = _idaapi.BADADDR == 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFL
+__EA64__ = idaapi.BADADDR == 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFL
 WORDMASK = __EA64__ and 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF or 0xFFFFFFFF
 
 class DeprecatedIDCError(Exception):