diff --git a/include/pybind11/detail/class.h b/include/pybind11/detail/class.h
index 2df338555..b79c701c0 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/detail/class.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/detail/class.h
@@ -636,15 +636,7 @@ inline PyObject *make_new_python_type(const type_record &rec) {
             PyUnicode_FromFormat("%U.%U", rec.scope.attr("__qualname__").ptr(), name.ptr()));
     }
 
-    object module_;
-    if (rec.scope) {
-        if (hasattr(rec.scope, "__module__")) {
-            module_ = rec.scope.attr("__module__");
-        } else if (hasattr(rec.scope, "__name__")) {
-            module_ = rec.scope.attr("__name__");
-        }
-    }
-
+    object module_ = get_module_name_if_available(rec.scope);
     const auto *full_name = c_str(
 #if !defined(PYPY_VERSION)
         module_ ? str(module_).cast<std::string>() + "." + rec.name :