diff --git a/Lib/test/test_str.py b/Lib/test/test_str.py
index 535e66a..044711c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_str.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_str.py
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, format, "", "-")
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{0:=s}".format, '')
 
+    def test_buffer_is_readonly(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, sys.stdin.readinto, b"")
+
 
 def test_main():
     test_support.run_unittest(StrTest)
diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index 0d2ceb1..6d53a09 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@
 string_buffer_getbuffer(PyStringObject *self, Py_buffer *view, int flags)
 {
 	return PyBuffer_FillInfo(view, (void *)self->ob_sval, Py_SIZE(self),
-				 0, flags);
+				 1, flags);
 }
 
 static PySequenceMethods string_as_sequence = {