diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/bytes.rs b/vm/src/builtins/bytes.rs
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ impl PyBytes {
        vm: &VirtualMachine,
    ) -> PyRef<Self> {
        let stripped = zelf.inner.rstrip(chars);
-        if stripped == zelf.as_bytes().to_vec() {
            zelf
        } else {
            vm.ctx.new_bytes(stripped.to_vec())