diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/heap.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/heap.py
index 311e402..4e93c12 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/heap.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/heap.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
             self._lock.release()
 
 #
-# Class representing a chunk of an mmap -- can be inherited
+# Class representing a chunk of an mmap -- can be inherited by child process
 #
 
 class BufferWrapper(object):
@@ -218,11 +218,6 @@
         self._state = (block, size)
         Finalize(self, BufferWrapper._heap.free, args=(block,))
 
-    def get_address(self):
+    def create_memoryview(self):
         (arena, start, stop), size = self._state
-        address, length = _multiprocessing.address_of_buffer(arena.buffer)
-        assert size <= length
-        return address + start
-
-    def get_size(self):
-        return self._state[1]
+        return memoryview(arena.buffer)[start:start+size]
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py
index e473749..6dc160b 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@
     if length is not None:
         type_ = type_ * length
     ForkingPickler.register(type_, reduce_ctype)
-    obj = type_.from_address(wrapper.get_address())
+    buf = wrapper.create_memoryview()
+    obj = type_.from_buffer(buf)
     obj._wrapper = wrapper
     return obj