diff --git a/src/js2python.c b/src/js2python.c
index 520e57c94..a61bf76e1 100644
--- a/src/js2python.c
+++ b/src/js2python.c
@@ -49,9 +49,15 @@ _js2python_pyproxy(PyObject* val)
 }
 
 int
-_js2python_bytes(char* bytes, int length)
+_js2python_init_bytes(int length)
 {
-  return (int)PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(bytes, length);
+  return (int)PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, length);
+}
+
+int
+_js2python_get_bytes_ptr(PyObject* val)
+{
+  return (int)PyBytes_AsString(val);
 }
 
 int
@@ -82,9 +88,9 @@ EM_JS(int, __js2python, (int id), {
   } else if (Module.PyProxy.isPyProxy(value)) {
     return __js2python_pyproxy(Module.PyProxy.getPtr(value));
   } else if (value['byteLength'] !== undefined) {
-    var bytes = allocate(value, 'i8', ALLOC_NORMAL);
-    var result = __js2python_bytes(bytes, value['byteLength']);
-    _free(bytes);
+    var result = __js2python_init_bytes(value['byteLength']);
+    var ptr = __js2python_get_bytes_ptr(result);
+    Module.HEAPU8.set(new Uint8Array(value.buffer), ptr);
     return result;
   } else {
     return __js2python_jsproxy(id);
diff --git a/test/test_python.py b/test/test_python.py
index fd30db8cb..ae8c64f27 100644
--- a/test/test_python.py
+++ b/test/test_python.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ def test_js2python(selenium):
         'window.jsfalse = false;\n'
         'window.jspython = pyodide.pyimport("open");\n'
         'window.jsbytes = new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]);\n'
+        'window.jsfloats = new Float32Array([1, 2, 3]);\n'
         'window.jsobject = new XMLHttpRequest();\n'
     )
     assert selenium.run(
@@ -93,6 +94,12 @@ def test_js2python(selenium):
     assert selenium.run(
         'from js import jsbytes\n'
         'jsbytes == b"\x01\x02\x03"')
+    assert selenium.run(
+        'from js import jsfloats\n'
+        'print(jsfloats)\n'
+        'import struct\n'
+        'expected = struct.pack("fff", 1, 2, 3)\n'
+        'jsfloats == expected')
     assert selenium.run(
         'from js import jsobject\n'
         'str(jsobject) == "[object XMLHttpRequest]"')