diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/bytearray.rs b/vm/src/builtins/bytearray.rs
index fbfc54be50..b0e1da6be3 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins/bytearray.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins/bytearray.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ impl PyByteArray {
     #[pymethod(magic)]
     fn repr(zelf: PyRef<Self>, _vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<String> {
         let class_name = zelf.class().name();
-        let s = zelf.inner().repr(&format!("{}(", class_name), ")");
+        let s = zelf.inner().repr(Some(&class_name));
         Ok(s)
     }
 
diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/bytes.rs b/vm/src/builtins/bytes.rs
index b8811a10d4..29206a3166 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins/bytes.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins/bytes.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ impl SlotConstructor for PyBytes {
 impl PyBytes {
     #[pymethod(magic)]
     pub(crate) fn repr(&self) -> String {
-        self.inner.repr("", "")
+        self.inner.repr(None)
     }
 
     #[pymethod(magic)]
diff --git a/vm/src/bytesinner.rs b/vm/src/bytesinner.rs
index f21c8ebddd..fc18020e6c 100644
--- a/vm/src/bytesinner.rs
+++ b/vm/src/bytesinner.rs
@@ -235,40 +235,45 @@ impl ByteInnerTranslateOptions {
 pub type ByteInnerSplitOptions<'a> = anystr::SplitArgs<'a, PyBytesInner>;
 
 impl PyBytesInner {
-    pub fn repr(&self, prefix: &str, suffix: &str) -> String {
+    pub fn repr(&self, class_name: Option<&str>) -> String {
         use std::fmt::Write;
 
-        let mut out_len = 0usize;
-        let mut squote = 0;
-        let mut dquote = 0;
+        let (quote, out_len) = {
+            let mut out_len = 0usize;
+            let mut squote = 0;
+            let mut dquote = 0;
 
-        for &ch in self.elements.iter() {
-            let incr = match ch {
-                b'\'' => {
-                    squote += 1;
-                    1
-                }
-                b'"' => {
-                    dquote += 1;
-                    1
-                }
-                b'\\' | b'\t' | b'\r' | b'\n' => 2,
-                0x20..=0x7e => 1,
-                _ => 4, // \xHH
-            };
-            // TODO: OverflowError
-            out_len = out_len.checked_add(incr).unwrap();
-        }
+            for &ch in self.elements.iter() {
+                let incr = match ch {
+                    b'\'' => {
+                        squote += 1;
+                        1
+                    }
+                    b'"' => {
+                        dquote += 1;
+                        1
+                    }
+                    b'\\' | b'\t' | b'\r' | b'\n' => 2,
+                    0x20..=0x7e => 1,
+                    _ => 4, // \xHH
+                };
+                // TODO: OverflowError
+                out_len = out_len.checked_add(incr).unwrap();
+            }
 
-        let (quote, num_escaped_quotes) = anystr::choose_quotes_for_repr(squote, dquote);
-        // we'll be adding backslashes in front of the existing inner quotes
-        out_len += num_escaped_quotes;
-
-        // 3 is for b prefix + outer quotes
-        out_len += 3 + prefix.len() + suffix.len();
+            let (quote, num_escaped_quotes) = anystr::choose_quotes_for_repr(squote, dquote);
+            // we'll be adding backslashes in front of the existing inner quotes
+            out_len += num_escaped_quotes;
 
+            // 3 is for b prefix + outer quotes
+            out_len += 3 + class_name.map_or(0, |name| name.len() + 2);
+            (quote, out_len)
+        };
         let mut res = String::with_capacity(out_len);
-        res.push_str(prefix);
+        if let Some(name) = class_name {
+            res.push_str(name);
+            res.push('(');
+        }
         res.push('b');
         res.push(quote);
         for &ch in self.elements.iter() {
@@ -288,7 +293,10 @@ impl PyBytesInner {
             }
         }
         res.push(quote);
-        res.push_str(suffix);
+        if class_name.is_some() {
+            res.push(')');
+        }
+        debug_assert_eq!(res.len(), out_len);
 
         res
     }