diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
index b396a76..a103a7d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 the latter should be modernized).
 """
 
+import array
 import os
 import re
 import sys
@@ -81,6 +82,18 @@
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test, [Indexable(-1)])
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test, [Indexable(256)])
 
+    def test_from_buffer(self):
+        a = self.type2test(array.array('B', [1, 2, 3]))
+        self.assertEqual(a, b"\x01\x02\x03")
+
+        # http://bugs.python.org/issue29159
+        # Fallback when __index__ raises exception other than OverflowError
+        class B(bytes):
+            def __index__(self):
+                raise TypeError
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(B(b"foobar")), b"foobar")
+
     def test_from_ssize(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.type2test(0), b'')
         self.assertEqual(self.type2test(1), b'\x00')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0a32e26..113ca8a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #29159: Fix regression in bytes(x) when x.__index__() raises Exception.
+
 - Issue #28932: Do not include <sys/random.h> if it does not exist.
 
 - Issue #25677: Correct the positioning of the syntax error caret for
diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index c6d0707..a8d6980 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -798,18 +798,22 @@
     if (PyIndex_Check(arg)) {
         count = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(arg, PyExc_OverflowError);
         if (count == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        if (count < 0) {
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "negative count");
-            return -1;
-        }
-        if (count > 0) {
-            if (PyByteArray_Resize((PyObject *)self, count))
+            if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_OverflowError))
                 return -1;
-            memset(PyByteArray_AS_STRING(self), 0, count);
+            PyErr_Clear();  /* fall through */
         }
-        return 0;
+        else {
+            if (count < 0) {
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "negative count");
+                return -1;
+            }
+            if (count > 0) {
+                if (PyByteArray_Resize((PyObject *)self, count))
+                    return -1;
+                memset(PyByteArray_AS_STRING(self), 0, count);
+            }
+            return 0;
+        }
     }
 
     /* Use the buffer API */
diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index b22e57e..5d48440 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -2593,16 +2593,20 @@
     if (PyIndex_Check(x)) {
         size = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(x, PyExc_OverflowError);
         if (size == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
-            return NULL;
+            if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_OverflowError))
+                return NULL;
+            PyErr_Clear();  /* fall through */
         }
-        if (size < 0) {
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "negative count");
-            return NULL;
+        else {
+            if (size < 0) {
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "negative count");
+                return NULL;
+            }
+            new = _PyBytes_FromSize(size, 1);
+            if (new == NULL)
+                return NULL;
+            return new;
         }
-        new = _PyBytes_FromSize(size, 1);
-        if (new == NULL)
-            return NULL;
-        return new;
     }
 
     return PyBytes_FromObject(x);