1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/md5module.c b/Modules/md5module.c
index c36eb41d4d2..9b5ea2d6e02 100644
--- a/Modules/md5module.c
+++ b/Modules/md5module.c
@@ -276,17 +276,24 @@ static PyType_Spec md5_type_spec = {
 /*[clinic input]
 _md5.md5
 
-    string: object(c_default="NULL") = b''
+    data: object(c_default="NULL") = b''
     *
     usedforsecurity: bool = True
+    string as string_obj: object(c_default="NULL") = None
 
 Return a new MD5 hash object; optionally initialized with a string.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
-_md5_md5_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *string, int usedforsecurity)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=587071f76254a4ac input=7a144a1905636985]*/
+_md5_md5_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *data, int usedforsecurity,
+              PyObject *string_obj)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=d45e187d3d16f3a8 input=7ea5c5366dbb44bf]*/
 {
+    PyObject *string;
+    if (_Py_hashlib_data_argument(&string, data, string_obj) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     MD5object *new;
     Py_buffer buf;