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diff --git a/numpy/numarray/functions.py b/numpy/numarray/functions.py
index 329e08024..afb5ce875 100644
--- a/numpy/numarray/functions.py
+++ b/numpy/numarray/functions.py
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ def fromstring(datastring, type=None, shape=None, typecode=None, dtype=None):
if shape is None:
count = -1
else:
- count = N.product(shape)*dtype.itemsize
- res = N.fromstring(datastring, count=count)
+ count = N.product(shape)
+ res = N.fromstring(datastring, dtype=dtype, count=count)
if shape is not None:
res.shape = shape
return res