1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/extmod/machine_i2c.c b/extmod/machine_i2c.c
index 452f07a2e..2aa217914 100644
--- a/extmod/machine_i2c.c
+++ b/extmod/machine_i2c.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t machine_i2c_readfrom(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
     if (ret < 0) {
         mp_raise_OSError(-ret);
     }
-    return mp_obj_new_str_from_vstr(&mp_type_bytes, &vstr);
+    return mp_obj_new_bytes_from_vstr(&vstr);
 }
 MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(machine_i2c_readfrom_obj, 3, 4, machine_i2c_readfrom);
 
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t machine_i2c_readfrom_mem(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *pos_args
         mp_raise_OSError(-ret);
     }
 
-    return mp_obj_new_str_from_vstr(&mp_type_bytes, &vstr);
+    return mp_obj_new_bytes_from_vstr(&vstr);
 }
 MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_KW(machine_i2c_readfrom_mem_obj, 1, machine_i2c_readfrom_mem);