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diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index a5f584ec5..fea38ed32 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -3970,7 +3970,8 @@ def escape_rfc3986(s):
"""Escape non-ASCII characters as suggested by RFC 3986"""
if sys.version_info < (3, 0) and isinstance(s, compat_str):
s = s.encode('utf-8')
- return compat_urllib_parse.quote(s, b"%/;:@&=+$,!~*'()?#[]")
+ # ensure unicode: after quoting, it can always be converted
+ return compat_str(compat_urllib_parse.quote(s, b"%/;:@&=+$,!~*'()?#[]"))
def escape_url(url):