diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index d25144d..18e6f8d 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -761,14 +761,17 @@
     }
 
     /* Is it an int? */
-    count = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(arg, PyExc_ValueError);
-    if (count == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
-        PyErr_Clear();
-    else {
-        if (count < 0) {
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "negative count");
+    count = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(arg, PyExc_OverflowError);
+    if (count == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+        if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_OverflowError))
             return -1;
-        }
+        PyErr_Clear();
+    }
+    else if (count < 0) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "negative count");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    else {
         if (count > 0) {
             if (PyByteArray_Resize((PyObject *)self, count))
                 return -1;