diff --git a/Lib/doctest.py b/Lib/doctest.py
index d77fe15254e..587753e5f66 100644
--- a/Lib/doctest.py
+++ b/Lib/doctest.py
@@ -1957,7 +1957,7 @@ def __init__(self, mod=None, globs=None, verbose=None,
                       DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
         if mod is None and globs is None:
             raise TypeError("Tester.__init__: must specify mod or globs")
-        if mod is not None and not _ismodule(mod):
+        if mod is not None and not inspect.ismodule(mod):
             raise TypeError("Tester.__init__: mod must be a module; %r" %
                             (mod,))
         if globs is None: