diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index f9ec640ef1722a..f129d604785691 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -1546,10 +1546,16 @@ eval_frame_handle_pending(PyThreadState *tstate)
     }
 
 #define ADAPTIVE_COUNTER_IS_ZERO(cache) \
-    (cache)->counter < (1<<ADAPTIVE_BACKOFF_BITS)
+    ((cache)->counter < (1<<ADAPTIVE_BACKOFF_BITS))
 
 #define DECREMENT_ADAPTIVE_COUNTER(cache) \
-    (cache)->counter -= (1<<ADAPTIVE_BACKOFF_BITS)
+    ((cache)->counter -= (1<<ADAPTIVE_BACKOFF_BITS))
+
+#define ADAPTIVE_COUNTER_CODE_IS_ZERO(codeunit) \
+    (*(codeunit) < (1<<ADAPTIVE_BACKOFF_BITS))
+
+#define DECREMENT_ADAPTIVE_COUNTER_CODE(codeunit) \
+    (*(codeunit) -= (1<<ADAPTIVE_BACKOFF_BITS))
 
 static int
 trace_function_entry(PyThreadState *tstate, _PyInterpreterFrame *frame)
@@ -5609,8 +5615,8 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyThreadState *tstate, _PyInterpreterFrame *frame, int
         STAT_INC(opcode, miss);
         /* The counter is always the first cache entry: */
         _Py_CODEUNIT *counter = (_Py_CODEUNIT *)next_instr;
-        *counter -= 1;
-        if (*counter == 0) {
+        DECREMENT_ADAPTIVE_COUNTER_CODE(counter);
+        if (ADAPTIVE_COUNTER_CODE_IS_ZERO(counter)) {
             int adaptive_opcode = _PyOpcode_Adaptive[opcode];
             assert(adaptive_opcode);
             _Py_SET_OPCODE(next_instr[-1], adaptive_opcode);