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-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/auth.py4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/auth.py b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
index 3b146f09d6..652efba455 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
@@ -656,8 +656,8 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
             Whether self.hash(password) == stored_hash (bool).
         """
         if stored_hash:
-            return bcrypt.hashpw(password + self.hs.config.password_pepper,
-                                 stored_hash.encode('utf-8')) == stored_hash
+            return bcrypt.hashpw(password.encode('utf8') + self.hs.config.password_pepper,
+                                 stored_hash.encode('utf8')) == stored_hash
         else:
             return False