diff --git a/Include/object.h b/Include/object.h
index 537567040f9871..10f1d6a3dff2dd 100644
--- a/Include/object.h
+++ b/Include/object.h
@@ -637,8 +637,16 @@ times.
 
 
 static inline int
-PyType_HasFeature(PyTypeObject *type, unsigned long feature) {
-    return ((PyType_GetFlags(type) & feature) != 0);
+PyType_HasFeature(PyTypeObject *type, unsigned long feature)
+{
+    unsigned long flags;
+#ifdef Py_LIMITED_API
+    // PyTypeObject is opaque in the limited C API
+    flags = PyType_GetFlags(type);
+#else
+    flags = type->tp_flags;
+#endif
+    return ((flags & feature) != 0);
 }
 
 #define PyType_FastSubclass(type, flag) PyType_HasFeature(type, flag)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-07-08-10-14-52.bpo-40170.N6Qx1i.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-07-08-10-14-52.bpo-40170.N6Qx1i.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..760a3ff4d17b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-07-08-10-14-52.bpo-40170.N6Qx1i.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Revert :c:func:`PyType_HasFeature` change: it reads again directly the
+:c:member:`PyTypeObject.tp_flags` member when the limited C API is not used,
+rather than always calling :c:func:`PyType_GetFlags` which hides implementation
+details.