1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/gzip.py b/Lib/gzip.py
index da4479e9d0..ddf7668d90 100644
--- a/Lib/gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/gzip.py
@@ -357,10 +357,10 @@ class GzipFile(_compression.BaseStream):
             if offset < self.offset:
                 raise OSError('Negative seek in write mode')
             count = offset - self.offset
-            chunk = bytes(1024)
+            chunk = b'\0' * 1024
             for i in range(count // 1024):
                 self.write(chunk)
-            self.write(bytes(count % 1024))
+            self.write(b'\0' * (count % 1024))
         elif self.mode == READ:
             self._check_not_closed()
             return self._buffer.seek(offset, whence)