diff --git a/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-fedmsg b/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-fedmsg
index 430fcbb60f..f0602f2d83 100755
--- a/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-fedmsg
+++ b/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-fedmsg
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def revs_between(head, base):
     if proc.returncode != 0:
         raise IOError('git rev-list failed: %r, err: %r' % (stdout, stderr))
 
-    for line in stdout.strip().split('\n'):
+    for line in stdout.decode('utf-8').strip().split('\n'):
         yield line.strip()