diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/credentials.pyx.pxi b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/credentials.pyx.pxi
index d2c0389ca6a..0a25218e19e 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/credentials.pyx.pxi
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/credentials.pyx.pxi
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ cdef int _get_metadata(
   cdef size_t metadata_count
   cdef grpc_metadata *c_metadata
   def callback(metadata, grpc_status_code status, bytes error_details):
-    if status is StatusCode.ok:
+    if status == StatusCode.ok:
       _store_c_metadata(metadata, &c_metadata, &metadata_count)
       cb(user_data, c_metadata, metadata_count, status, NULL)
       _release_c_metadata(c_metadata, metadata_count)