diff --git a/crates/vm/src/builtins/bytearray.rs b/crates/vm/src/builtins/bytearray.rs
index 4904f96fb..3186df3c0 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/builtins/bytearray.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/builtins/bytearray.rs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ impl PyByteArray {
 
     pub fn _delitem(&self, needle: &PyObject, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<()> {
         match SequenceIndex::try_from_borrowed_object::<NameBytearray>(vm, needle)? {
-            SequenceIndex::Int(i) => self.try_resizable(vm)?.elements.delitem_by_index(vm, i),
+            SequenceIndex::Int(i) => self.delitem_by_index(i, vm),
             SequenceIndex::Slice(slice) => {
                 // TODO: delete 0 elements don't need resizable
                 self.try_resizable(vm)?.elements.delitem_by_slice(vm, slice)
@@ -148,6 +148,27 @@ impl PyByteArray {
         }
     }
 
+    fn delitem_by_index(&self, index: isize, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<()> {
+        // Validate before export rejection when the bytes are available without
+        // waiting. A codec callback may already hold a read guard with a writer
+        // queued, so a blocking read here could deadlock before that rejection.
+        let valid = self
+            .inner
+            .try_read()
+            .map(|inner| inner.elements.wrap_index(index).is_some());
+        if valid == Some(false) {
+            return Err(vm.new_index_error("bytearray index out of range"));
+        }
+        let mut inner = self.try_resizable(vm)?;
+        // Another thread may have resized the bytearray between the locks.
+        let index = inner
+            .elements
+            .wrap_index(index)
+            .ok_or_else(|| vm.new_index_error("bytearray index out of range"))?;
+        inner.elements.remove(index);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn irepeat(zelf: &Py<Self>, n: isize, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<()> {
         if n == 1 {
             return Ok(());
@@ -777,7 +798,7 @@ impl Initializer for PyByteArray {
 
     fn init(zelf: &Py<Self>, options: Self::Args, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<()> {
         // Reject exports and clear existing contents before converting source.
-        zelf.try_resizable(vm)?.elements.clear();
+        zelf.try_resizable(vm)?.elements = Vec::new();
         // Conversion can call Python, so do not hold the lock across it and
         // check again for exports acquired by a callback or another thread.
         let (mut inner, zero_count) =
@@ -918,7 +939,7 @@ impl AsSequence for PyByteArray {
                 if let Some(value) = value {
                     zelf._setitem_by_index(i, &value, vm)
                 } else {
-                    zelf.try_resizable(vm)?.elements.delitem_by_index(vm, i)
+                    zelf.delitem_by_index(i, vm)
                 }
             }),
             contains: atomic_func!(|seq, other, vm| {
diff --git a/extra_tests/snippets/builtin_bytearray_init_exports.py b/extra_tests/snippets/builtin_bytearray_init_exports.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7587462c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra_tests/snippets/builtin_bytearray_init_exports.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+"""Initializer storage and integer-deletion ordering with buffer exports."""
+
+from testutils import assert_raises
+
+
+class Zero:
+    def __init__(self, value):
+        self.value = value
+        self.observations = []
+
+    def __index__(self):
+        self.observations.append((len(self.value), self.value.__alloc__()))
+        return 0
+
+
+# Final CPython rejects even an empty exported initializer before conversion.
+for kind in ("missing", "integer", "callback"):
+    value = bytearray()
+    source = Zero(value)
+    with memoryview(value) as view:
+        with assert_raises(BufferError):
+            if kind == "missing":
+                value.__init__()
+            elif kind == "integer":
+                value.__init__(0)
+            else:
+                value.__init__(source)
+        assert value == b""
+        assert view.tobytes() == b""
+        assert source.observations == []
+
+# Clearing an initializer must release its old storage before callbacks and
+# before the successful zero-count early return.
+for kind in ("missing", "integer", "callback"):
+    value = bytearray(b"x" * 64)
+    source = Zero(value)
+    assert value.__alloc__() > 0
+    if kind == "missing":
+        value.__init__()
+    elif kind == "integer":
+        value.__init__(0)
+    else:
+        value.__init__(source)
+        assert source.observations == [(0, 0)]
+    assert value == b""
+    assert value.__alloc__() == 0
+
+# An invalid integer index is rejected before checking whether resizing is
+# blocked, and neither error path may alter the exported bytes.
+for initial, indices in ((b"abc", (3, -4)), (b"", (0, -1))):
+    for index in indices:
+        value = bytearray(initial)
+        with memoryview(value) as view:
+            try:
+                del value[index]
+            except IndexError as exc:
+                assert str(exc) == "bytearray index out of range"
+            else:
+                raise AssertionError("invalid index was accepted")
+            assert value == initial
+            assert view.tobytes() == initial
+
+for index in (0, -1):
+    value = bytearray(b"abc")
+    with memoryview(value) as view:
+        with assert_raises(BufferError):
+            del value[index]
+        assert view.tobytes() == b"abc"
+    del value[index]
+    assert value == (b"bc" if index == 0 else b"ab")