diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
index d45ff648510..210f08ca73d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ def test_setslice(self):
 
         b[3:5] = [3, 4, 5, 6]
         self.assertEqual(b, bytes(range(10)))
+        
+        b[3:0] = [42, 42, 42]
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytes([0, 1, 2, 42, 42, 42, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]))
 
     def test_setslice_trap(self):
         # This test verifies that we correctly handle assigning self
diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index d6cce6d49ec..3127c9d1695 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ bytes_setslice(PyBytesObject *self, Py_ssize_t lo, Py_ssize_t hi,
 
     if (lo < 0)
         lo = 0;
+    if (hi < lo)
+        hi = lo;
     if (hi > self->ob_size)
         hi = self->ob_size;