1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/http/site.py b/synapse/http/site.py
index 9579e8cd0d..50be2de3bb 100644
--- a/synapse/http/site.py
+++ b/synapse/http/site.py
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ class SynapseRequest(Request):
         return '<%s at 0x%x method=%r uri=%r clientproto=%r site=%r>' % (
             self.__class__.__name__,
             id(self),
-            self.method,
+            self.method.decode('ascii', errors='replace'),
             self.get_redacted_uri(),
-            self.clientproto,
+            self.clientproto.decode('ascii', errors='replace'),
             self.site.site_tag,
         )
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ class XForwardedForRequest(SynapseRequest):
             C{b"-"}.
         """
         return self.requestHeaders.getRawHeaders(
-            b"x-forwarded-for", [b"-"])[0].split(b",")[0].strip()
+            b"x-forwarded-for", [b"-"])[0].split(b",")[0].strip().decode('ascii')
 
 
 class SynapseRequestFactory(object):