diff --git a/pysnmp/carrier/asyncio/dgram/base.py b/pysnmp/carrier/asyncio/dgram/base.py
index be91a9832..8fb11d885 100644
--- a/pysnmp/carrier/asyncio/dgram/base.py
+++ b/pysnmp/carrier/asyncio/dgram/base.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 from pysnmp.carrier import error
 from pysnmp.carrier.asyncio.base import AbstractAsyncioTransport
 
-IS_PYTHON_344_PLUS = platform.python_version_tuple() >= ('3', '4', '4')
+IS_PYTHON_344_PLUS = [int(v) for v in platform.python_version_tuple()] >= [3, 4, 4]
 
 
 class DgramAsyncioProtocol(asyncio.DatagramProtocol, AbstractAsyncioTransport):
diff --git a/pysnmp/carrier/asyncio/dispatch.py b/pysnmp/carrier/asyncio/dispatch.py
index 2fd7d86e4..c1ab6f311 100644
--- a/pysnmp/carrier/asyncio/dispatch.py
+++ b/pysnmp/carrier/asyncio/dispatch.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 from pysnmp.carrier.base import AbstractTransportDispatcher
 from pysnmp.error import PySnmpError
 
-IS_PYTHON_344_PLUS = platform.python_version_tuple() >= ('3', '4', '4')
+IS_PYTHON_344_PLUS = [int(v) for v in platform.python_version_tuple()] >= [3, 4, 4]
 
 
 class AsyncioDispatcher(AbstractTransportDispatcher):