1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index 5b75705..68b9c4a 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -813,9 +813,21 @@ bytearray_init(PyByteArrayObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     }
     else {
         if (count > 0) {
-            if (PyByteArray_Resize((PyObject *)self, count))
+            void *sval;
+            Py_ssize_t alloc;
+
+            assert (Py_SIZE(self) == 0);
+
+            alloc = count + 1;
+            sval = PyObject_Calloc(1, alloc);
+            if (sval == NULL)
                 return -1;
-            memset(PyByteArray_AS_STRING(self), 0, count);
+
+            PyObject_Free(self->ob_bytes);
+
+            self->ob_bytes = self->ob_start = sval;
+            Py_SIZE(self) = count;
+            self->ob_alloc = alloc;
         }
         return 0;
     }