diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a4da86489c5..088dfa941d1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.7.0 alpha 1
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #27441: Remove some redundant assignments to ob_size in longobject.c.
+  Thanks Oren Milman.
+
 - Issue #27222: Clean up redundant code in long_rshift function. Thanks
   Oren Milman.
 
diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 0822f9bcb30..0ecbab1fba3 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(unsigned long ival)
     v = _PyLong_New(ndigits);
     if (v != NULL) {
         digit *p = v->ob_digit;
-        Py_SIZE(v) = ndigits;
         while (ival) {
             *p++ = (digit)(ival & PyLong_MASK);
             ival >>= PyLong_SHIFT;
@@ -1102,7 +1101,6 @@ PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(unsigned long long ival)
     v = _PyLong_New(ndigits);
     if (v != NULL) {
         digit *p = v->ob_digit;
-        Py_SIZE(v) = ndigits;
         while (ival) {
             *p++ = (digit)(ival & PyLong_MASK);
             ival >>= PyLong_SHIFT;