diff --git a/python/src/buffer.h b/python/src/buffer.h
index 112fd7aaf..a5f426a54 100644
--- a/python/src/buffer.h
+++ b/python/src/buffer.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ extern "C" inline int getbuffer(PyObject* obj, Py_buffer* view, int flags) {
   view->internal = info;
   view->buf = a.data<void>();
   view->itemsize = a.itemsize();
-  view->len = a.size();
+  view->len = a.nbytes();
   view->readonly = false;
   if ((flags & PyBUF_FORMAT) == PyBUF_FORMAT) {
     view->format = const_cast<char*>(info->format.c_str());
diff --git a/python/tests/test_array.py b/python/tests/test_array.py
index 912f3bbb1..4084a2693 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_array.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_array.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import operator
 import pickle
+import sys
 import unittest
 import weakref
 from copy import copy, deepcopy
@@ -1497,6 +1498,17 @@ def test_buffer_protocol(self):
         e = cm.exception
         self.assertTrue("Item size 2 for PEP 3118 buffer format string" in str(e))
 
+        # Test buffer protocol with non-arrays ie bytes
+        a = ord("a") * 257 + mx.arange(10).astype(mx.int16)
+        ab = bytes(a)
+        self.assertEqual(len(ab), 20)
+        if sys.byteorder == "little":
+            self.assertEqual(b"aaaaaaaaaa", ab[1::2])
+            self.assertEqual(b"abcdefghij", ab[::2])
+        else:
+            self.assertEqual(b"aaaaaaaaaa", ab[::2])
+            self.assertEqual(b"abcdefghij", ab[1::2])
+
     def test_buffer_protocol_ref_counting(self):
         a = mx.arange(3)
         wr = weakref.ref(a)