diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
index 6b5ef365122..2026cdbde19 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ class ByteArrayTest(BaseBytesTest):
         self.assertEqual(b.pop(0), ord('w'))
         self.assertEqual(b.pop(-2), ord('r'))
         self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: b.pop(10))
-        self.assertRaises(OverflowError, lambda: bytearray().pop())
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: bytearray().pop())
         # test for issue #6846
         self.assertEqual(bytearray(b'\xff').pop(), 0xff)
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index bed3edcfa29..f1da92c1039 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ Core and Builtins
   float.__divmod__ with respect to signed zeros.  -4.0 % 4.0 should be
   0.0, not -0.0.
 
+- Issue #11386: bytearray.pop() now throws IndexError when the bytearray is
+  empty, instead of OverflowError.
+
 Library
 -------
 
diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index 54ef3e7eab9..86093955d8b 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -2355,8 +2355,8 @@ bytearray_pop(PyByteArrayObject *self, PyObject *args)
         return NULL;
 
     if (n == 0) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
-                        "cannot pop an empty bytearray");
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError,
+                        "pop from empty bytearray");
         return NULL;
     }
     if (where < 0)