diff --git a/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py b/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py
index abda678..3f82307 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@
         m = None
         self.assertEquals(sys.getrefcount(b), oldrefcount)
 
+    def test_delitem(self):
+        for tp in self._types:
+            b = tp(self._source)
+            m = self._view(b)
+            with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+                del m[1]
+            with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+                del m[1:4]
+
     def test_tobytes(self):
         for tp in self._types:
             m = self._view(tp(self._source))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4086378..e342ee8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #9737: Fix a crash when trying to delete a slice or an item from
+  a memoryview object.
+
 - Issue #7415: PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject() now uses the new buffer API
   properly.  Patch by Stefan Behnel.
 
diff --git a/Objects/memoryobject.c b/Objects/memoryobject.c
index d09c268..f5dacb0 100644
--- a/Objects/memoryobject.c
+++ b/Objects/memoryobject.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
     int k;
     Py_ssize_t elements;
     char *ptr;
-    void (*func)(int, Py_ssize_t *, Py_ssize_t *);
+    void (*func)(int, Py_ssize_t *, const Py_ssize_t *);
 
     if (view->ndim > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX / sizeof(Py_ssize_t)) {
         PyErr_NoMemory();
@@ -631,6 +631,11 @@
             "cannot modify read-only memory");
         return -1;
     }
+    if (value == NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                        "cannot delete memory");
+        return -1;
+    }
     if (view->ndim != 1) {
         PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_NotImplementedError);
         return -1;