diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index 27b41bb..4105fa2 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -2773,7 +2773,7 @@
     if (PyByteArray_Resize((PyObject *)self, n - 1) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
-    return PyInt_FromLong(value);
+    return PyInt_FromLong((unsigned char)value);
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(remove__doc__,