diff --git a/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/connection.py b/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/connection.py
index d81c916d2..b717e18f2 100644
--- a/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/connection.py
+++ b/web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg2/connection.py
@@ -1987,6 +1987,8 @@ Failed to reset the connection to the server due to following error:
 
             if parameters:
                 mogrified_sql = cursor.mogrify(query, parameters)
+                if isinstance(mogrified_sql, bytes):
+                    mogrified_sql = mogrified_sql.decode(self.python_encoding)
                 return mogrified_sql
             else:
                 return query