diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_longobject.h b/Include/internal/pycore_longobject.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..62b77516075aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_longobject.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#ifndef Py_INTERNAL_LONGOBJECT_H
+#define Py_INTERNAL_LONGOBJECT_H
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#ifndef Py_BUILD_CORE
+#  error "this header requires Py_BUILD_CORE define"
+#endif
+
+#include "longobject.h"
+
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyLong_FromUnsignedChar(unsigned char);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif   /* !Py_INTERNAL_LONGOBJECT_H */
diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index 9dd67127b61464..3363694b5840fc 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
 #include "Python.h"
+#include "pycore_longobject.h"
 #include "pycore_object.h"
 #include "pycore_pymem.h"
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ bytearray_getitem(PyByteArrayObject *self, Py_ssize_t i)
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "bytearray index out of range");
         return NULL;
     }
-    return PyLong_FromLong((unsigned char)(PyByteArray_AS_STRING(self)[i]));
+    return _PyLong_FromUnsignedChar((unsigned char)(PyByteArray_AS_STRING(self)[i]));
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ bytearray_subscript(PyByteArrayObject *self, PyObject *index)
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "bytearray index out of range");
             return NULL;
         }
-        return PyLong_FromLong((unsigned char)(PyByteArray_AS_STRING(self)[i]));
+        return _PyLong_FromUnsignedChar((unsigned char)(PyByteArray_AS_STRING(self)[i]));
     }
     else if (PySlice_Check(index)) {
         Py_ssize_t start, stop, step, slicelength, i;
@@ -1745,7 +1746,7 @@ bytearray_pop_impl(PyByteArrayObject *self, Py_ssize_t index)
     if (PyByteArray_Resize((PyObject *)self, n - 1) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
-    return PyLong_FromLong((unsigned char)value);
+    return _PyLong_FromUnsignedChar((unsigned char)value);
 }
 
 /*[clinic input]
@@ -2339,7 +2340,7 @@ bytearrayiter_next(bytesiterobject *it)
     assert(PyByteArray_Check(seq));
 
     if (it->it_index < PyByteArray_GET_SIZE(seq)) {
-        item = PyLong_FromLong(
+        item = _PyLong_FromUnsignedChar(
             (unsigned char)PyByteArray_AS_STRING(seq)[it->it_index]);
         if (item != NULL)
             ++it->it_index;
diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index c4edcca4f76127..d0327282a944f8 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
 
 #include "Python.h"
+#include "pycore_longobject.h"
 #include "pycore_object.h"
 #include "pycore_pymem.h"
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"
@@ -1541,7 +1542,7 @@ bytes_item(PyBytesObject *a, Py_ssize_t i)
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
         return NULL;
     }
-    return PyLong_FromLong((unsigned char)a->ob_sval[i]);
+    return _PyLong_FromUnsignedChar((unsigned char)a->ob_sval[i]);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1664,7 +1665,7 @@ bytes_subscript(PyBytesObject* self, PyObject* item)
                             "index out of range");
             return NULL;
         }
-        return PyLong_FromLong((unsigned char)self->ob_sval[i]);
+        return _PyLong_FromUnsignedChar((unsigned char)self->ob_sval[i]);
     }
     else if (PySlice_Check(item)) {
         Py_ssize_t start, stop, step, slicelength, i;
@@ -3091,7 +3092,7 @@ striter_next(striterobject *it)
     assert(PyBytes_Check(seq));
 
     if (it->it_index < PyBytes_GET_SIZE(seq)) {
-        item = PyLong_FromLong(
+        item = _PyLong_FromUnsignedChar(
             (unsigned char)seq->ob_sval[it->it_index]);
         if (item != NULL)
             ++it->it_index;
diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 3978f5c4a16730..4c75503a8740f2 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -402,6 +402,12 @@ PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(unsigned long ival)
     return (PyObject *)v;
 }
 
+PyObject *
+_PyLong_FromUnsignedChar(unsigned char ival)
+{
+    return PyLong_FromSize_t(ival);
+}
+
 /* Create a new int object from a C double */
 
 PyObject *