diff --git a/pathod/utils.py b/pathod/utils.py
index 2f9de83dd..b14535ca8 100644
--- a/pathod/utils.py
+++ b/pathod/utils.py
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ def inner_repr(s):
         Returns the inner portion of a string or unicode repr (i.e. without the
         quotes)
     """
-    if six.PY2 and isinstance(s, unicode):
+    if (six.PY2 and isinstance(s, unicode)) or \
+            (six.PY3 and isinstance(s, bytes)):
         return repr(s)[2:-1]
     else:
         return repr(s)[1:-1]
diff --git a/test/pathod/test_utils.py b/test/pathod/test_utils.py
index 4dcedf6e1..4e891ad9d 100644
--- a/test/pathod/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/pathod/test_utils.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def test_data_path():
 def test_inner_repr():
     assert utils.inner_repr("\x66") == "\x66"
     assert utils.inner_repr(u"foo") == "foo"
+    assert utils.inner_repr(b"foo") == "foo"
 
 
 def test_escape_unprintables():