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diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index 291ef45..82fb9ad 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -1888,6 +1888,11 @@ builtin_sum(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
Py_DECREF(iter);
return NULL;
}
+ if (PyBytes_Check(result)) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+ "sum() can't sum bytes [use b''.join(seq) instead]");
+ return NULL;
+ }
if (PyByteArray_Check(result)) {
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
"sum() can't sum bytes [use b''.join(seq) instead]");