diff --git a/Lib/test/test_io/test_general.py b/Lib/test/test_io/test_general.py
index 604b56cea21fac..7c9986462da2bf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_io/test_general.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_io/test_general.py
@@ -921,6 +921,49 @@ def test_RawIOBase_read(self):
         self.assertEqual(rawio.read(2), None)
         self.assertEqual(rawio.read(2), b"")
 
+    def test_exact_RawIOBase(self):
+        rawio = self.MockRawIOWithoutRead((b"ab", b"cd"))
+        buf = bytearray(2)
+        n = rawio.readinto(buf)
+        self.assertEqual(n, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(buf, b"ab")
+
+        n = rawio.readinto(buf)
+        self.assertEqual(n, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(buf, b"cd")
+
+        n = rawio.readinto(buf)
+        self.assertEqual(n, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(buf, b"cd")
+
+    def test_partial_readinto_write_RawIOBase(self):
+        rawio = self.MockRawIOWithoutRead((b"abcdef",))
+        buf = bytearray(3)
+        n = rawio.readinto(buf)
+        self.assertEqual(n, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(buf, b"abc")
+
+        n2 = rawio.readinto(buf)
+        self.assertEqual(n2, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(buf, b"def")
+
+    def test_readinto_none_RawIOBase(self):
+        rawio = self.MockRawIOWithoutRead((None, b"x"))
+        buf = bytearray(2)
+        n = rawio.readinto(buf)
+        self.assertIsNone(n)
+
+        n2 = rawio.readinto(buf)
+        self.assertEqual(n2, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(buf[0], ord('x'))
+
+    def test_read_default_via_readinto_RawIOBase(self):
+        rawio = self.MockRawIOWithoutRead((b"abcdef",))
+        result = rawio.read(4)
+        self.assertEqual(result, b"abcd")
+        result2 = rawio.read(4)
+        self.assertEqual(result2, b"ef")
+
     def test_types_have_dict(self):
         test = (
             self.IOBase(),
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-09-07-11-30-53.gh-issue-60107.TFrtr-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-09-07-11-30-53.gh-issue-60107.TFrtr-.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..57be38e5420633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-09-07-11-30-53.gh-issue-60107.TFrtr-.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Avoid :meth:`io.RawIOBase.read` from reading into a temporary :class:`bytearray`
+when calling its own :meth:`io.RawIOBase.readinto` internally.
diff --git a/Modules/_io/iobase.c b/Modules/_io/iobase.c
index aa373f6fdcb9d9..7cb606cc70823e 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/iobase.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/iobase.c
@@ -921,19 +921,25 @@ static PyObject *
 _io__RawIOBase_read_impl(PyObject *self, Py_ssize_t n)
 /*[clinic end generated code: output=6cdeb731e3c9f13c input=b6d0dcf6417d1374]*/
 {
-    PyObject *b, *res;
+    PyObject *b, *res, *mv;
 
     if (n < 0) {
         return PyObject_CallMethodNoArgs(self, &_Py_ID(readall));
     }
 
-    /* TODO: allocate a bytes object directly instead and manually construct
-       a writable memoryview pointing to it. */
-    b = PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize(NULL, n);
+    b = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, n);
     if (b == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
-    res = PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs(self, &_Py_ID(readinto), b, NULL);
+    mv = PyMemoryView_FromMemory(PyBytes_AS_STRING(b), n, PyBUF_WRITE);
+    if (mv == NULL) {
+        Py_DECREF(b);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    res = PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs(self, &_Py_ID(readinto), mv, NULL);
+    Py_DECREF(mv);
+
     if (res == NULL || res == Py_None) {
         Py_DECREF(b);
         return res;
@@ -946,9 +952,12 @@ _io__RawIOBase_read_impl(PyObject *self, Py_ssize_t n)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    res = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(PyByteArray_AsString(b), n);
-    Py_DECREF(b);
-    return res;
+    if (_PyBytes_Resize(&b, n) < 0) {
+        Py_DECREF(b);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return b;
 }