diff --git a/src/Base/swigpyrun.inl b/src/Base/swigpyrun.inl
index 0eedaaa87a96..65bba62db3c6 100644
--- a/src/Base/swigpyrun.inl
+++ b/src/Base/swigpyrun.inl
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void cleanupSWIG_T(const char* TypeName)
 
     PyObject *module, *dict;
     PyInterpreterState *interp = PyThreadState_GET()->interp;
-    PyObject *modules = interp->modules;
+    PyObject *modules = PyImport_GetModuleDict();
     module = PyDict_GetItemString(modules, "__builtin__");
     if (module != NULL && PyModule_Check(module)) {
         dict = PyModule_GetDict(module);