diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index 5e1ebe3293d849..5b4d78bca06132 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ def ismount(path):
         if stat.S_ISLNK(s1.st_mode):
             return False
 
+    path = os.fspath(path)
     if isinstance(path, bytes):
         parent = join(path, b'..')
     else:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py b/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py
index c644f881e460fe..8a1dd131928cff 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ def test_islink(self):
     def test_ismount(self):
         self.assertIs(posixpath.ismount("/"), True)
         self.assertIs(posixpath.ismount(b"/"), True)
+        self.assertIs(posixpath.ismount(FakePath("/")), True)
+        self.assertIs(posixpath.ismount(FakePath(b"/")), True)
 
     def test_ismount_non_existent(self):
         # Non-existent mountpoint.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-08-23-03-13-18.gh-issue-96192.TJywOF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-08-23-03-13-18.gh-issue-96192.TJywOF.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..58e51da6ba3993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-08-23-03-13-18.gh-issue-96192.TJywOF.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix handling of ``bytes`` :term:`path-like objects <path-like object>` in :func:`os.ismount()`.