diff --git a/discord/member.py b/discord/member.py
index 7e4c4069a..a91f60d10 100644
--- a/discord/member.py
+++ b/discord/member.py
@@ -106,8 +106,10 @@ def flatten_user(cls):
 
     return cls
 
+_BaseUser = discord.abc.User
+
 @flatten_user
-class Member(discord.abc.Messageable, discord.abc.User):
+class Member(discord.abc.Messageable, _BaseUser):
     """Represents a Discord member to a :class:`Guild`.
 
     This implements a lot of the functionality of :class:`User`.
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ class Member(discord.abc.Messageable, discord.abc.User):
                ' bot={1.bot} nick={0.nick!r} guild={0.guild!r}>'.format(self, self._user)
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
-        return isinstance(other, discord.abc.User) and other.id == self.id
+        return isinstance(other, _BaseUser) and other.id == self.id
 
     def __ne__(self, other):
         return not self.__eq__(other)
diff --git a/discord/user.py b/discord/user.py
index e5cb8f5f4..e078bc3d3 100644
--- a/discord/user.py
+++ b/discord/user.py
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ import asyncio
 
 Profile = namedtuple('Profile', 'premium user mutual_guilds connected_accounts premium_since')
 
-class BaseUser(discord.abc.User):
+_BaseUser = discord.abc.User
+
+class BaseUser(_BaseUser):
     __slots__ = ('name', 'id', 'discriminator', 'avatar', 'bot', '_state')
 
     def __init__(self, *, state, data):
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ class BaseUser(discord.abc.User):
         return '{0.name}#{0.discriminator}'.format(self)
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
-        return isinstance(other, discord.abc.User) and other.id == self.id
+        return isinstance(other, _BaseUser) and other.id == self.id
 
     def __ne__(self, other):
         return not self.__eq__(other)