diff --git a/Lib/_pyio.py b/Lib/_pyio.py
index 14961c39d3541d..023478aa78c6a0 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyio.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyio.py
@@ -1692,13 +1692,14 @@ def readall(self):
 
         return bytes(result)
 
-    def readinto(self, b):
+    def readinto(self, buffer):
         """Same as RawIOBase.readinto()."""
-        m = memoryview(b).cast('B')
-        data = self.read(len(m))
-        n = len(data)
-        m[:n] = data
-        return n
+        self._checkClosed()
+        self._checkReadable()
+        try:
+            return os.readinto(self._fd, buffer)
+        except BlockingIOError:
+            return None
 
     def write(self, b):
         """Write bytes b to file, return number written.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-01-26-10-01-21.gh-issue-129005.ncpLvw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-01-26-10-01-21.gh-issue-129005.ncpLvw.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a825e9d244d525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-01-26-10-01-21.gh-issue-129005.ncpLvw.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Optimize ``_pyio.FileIO.readinto`` by avoiding unnecessary objects and copies using :func:`os.readinto`.