1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/_pyio.py b/Lib/_pyio.py
index a3b89e7236..74047bf475 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyio.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyio.py
@@ -558,7 +558,11 @@ class RawIOBase(IOBase):
             if not data:
                 break
             res += data
-        return bytes(res)
+        if res:
+            return bytes(res)
+        else:
+            # b'' or None
+            return data
 
     def readinto(self, b):
         """Read up to len(b) bytes into bytearray b.