diff --git a/pyroaring/abstract_bitmap.pxi b/pyroaring/abstract_bitmap.pxi
index 9608703..39b9e4e 100644
--- a/pyroaring/abstract_bitmap.pxi
+++ b/pyroaring/abstract_bitmap.pxi
@@ -12,11 +12,16 @@ try:
 except NameError: # python 3
     pass
 
-cdef croaring.roaring_bitmap_t *deserialize_ptr(bytes buff):
+
+cdef croaring.roaring_bitmap_t *deserialize_ptr(const unsigned char[:] buff):
     cdef croaring.roaring_bitmap_t *ptr
     cdef const char *reason_failure = NULL
+
+    cdef char* buffer_ptr = <char*>&buff[0]
+
     buff_size = len(buff)
-    ptr = croaring.roaring_bitmap_portable_deserialize_safe(buff, buff_size)
+    ptr = croaring.roaring_bitmap_portable_deserialize_safe(buffer_ptr, buff_size)
+
     if ptr == NULL:
       raise ValueError("Could not deserialize bitmap")
     # Validate the bitmap
@@ -26,11 +31,14 @@ cdef croaring.roaring_bitmap_t *deserialize_ptr(bytes buff):
         raise ValueError(f"Invalid bitmap after deserialization: {reason_failure.decode('utf-8')}")
     return ptr
 
-cdef croaring.roaring64_bitmap_t *deserialize64_ptr(bytes buff):
+cdef croaring.roaring64_bitmap_t *deserialize64_ptr(const unsigned char[:] buff):
     cdef croaring.roaring64_bitmap_t *ptr
     cdef const char *reason_failure = NULL
+
+    cdef char* buffer_ptr = <char*>&buff[0]
+
     buff_size = len(buff)
-    ptr = croaring.roaring64_bitmap_portable_deserialize_safe(buff, buff_size)
+    ptr = croaring.roaring64_bitmap_portable_deserialize_safe(buffer_ptr, buff_size)
     if ptr == NULL:
       raise ValueError("Could not deserialize bitmap")
     # Validate the bitmap
@@ -760,7 +768,7 @@ cdef class AbstractBitMap:
 
 
     @classmethod
-    def deserialize(cls, bytes buff):
+    def deserialize(cls, const unsigned char[:] buff):
         """
         Generate a bitmap from the given serialization. See AbstractBitMap.serialize for the reverse operation.
 
@@ -1221,7 +1229,7 @@ cdef class AbstractBitMap64:
 
 
     @classmethod
-    def deserialize(cls, bytes buff):
+    def deserialize(cls, const unsigned char[:] buff):
         """
         Generate a bitmap from the given serialization. See AbstractBitMap64.serialize for the reverse operation.
 
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index e57369d..be51da7 100755
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -143,21 +143,37 @@ def bitmap_sample(bitmap: AbstractBitMap, size: int) -> list[int]:
         return [bitmap[i] for i in indices]
 
     def assert_is_not(self, bitmap1: AbstractBitMap, bitmap2: AbstractBitMap) -> None:
+        add1 = remove1 = add2 = remove2 = -1
         if isinstance(bitmap1, BitMap):
             if bitmap1:
-                bitmap1.remove(bitmap1[0])
+                remove1 = bitmap1[0]
+                bitmap1.remove(remove1)
             else:
-                bitmap1.add(27)
+                add1 = 27
+                bitmap1.add(add1)
         elif isinstance(bitmap2, BitMap):
             if bitmap2:
-                bitmap2.remove(bitmap1[0])
+                remove2 = bitmap2[0]
+                bitmap2.remove(remove2)
             else:
-                bitmap2.add(27)
+                add2 = 27
+                bitmap2.add(add2)
         else:  # The two are non-mutable, cannot do anything...
             return
         if bitmap1 == bitmap2:
             pytest.fail(
                 'The two bitmaps are identical (modifying one also modifies the other).')
+        # Restore the bitmaps to their original point
+        else:
+            if add1 >= 0:
+                bitmap1.remove(add1)
+            if remove1 >= 0:
+                bitmap1.add(remove1)
+            if add2 >= 0:
+                bitmap2.remove(add2)
+            if remove2 >= 0:
+                bitmap2.add(remove2)
+
 
 
 class TestBasic(Util):
@@ -874,6 +890,34 @@ def test_serialization(
         assert isinstance(new_bm, cls2)
         self.assert_is_not(old_bm, new_bm)
 
+    @given(bitmap_cls, bitmap_cls, hyp_many_collections)
+    def test_deserialization_from_memoryview(
+        self,
+        cls1: type[EitherBitMap],
+        cls2: type[EitherBitMap],
+        values: list[HypCollection]
+    ) -> None:
+        old_bms = [cls1(vals) for vals in values]
+
+        # Create a memoryview with all of the items concatenated into a single bytes
+        # object.
+        serialized = [bm.serialize() for bm in old_bms]
+        sizes = [len(ser) for ser in serialized]
+        starts = [0]
+        for s in sizes:
+            starts.append(s + starts[-1])
+
+        combined = b''.join(serialized)
+        mutable_combined = bytearray(combined)
+
+        for source in (combined, mutable_combined):
+            with memoryview(source) as mv:
+                new_bms = [cls2.deserialize(mv[start: start + size])for start, size in zip(starts, sizes)]
+                for old_bm, new_bm in zip(old_bms, new_bms):
+                    assert old_bm == new_bm
+                    assert isinstance(new_bm, cls2)
+                    self.assert_is_not(old_bm, new_bm)
+
     @given(bitmap_cls, hyp_collection, st.integers(min_value=2, max_value=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL))
     def test_pickle_protocol(
         self,