diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/instructor_analytics/tests/test_csvs.py b/lms/djangoapps/instructor_analytics/tests/test_csvs.py
index 9e238b5c9f..568f79d192 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/instructor_analytics/tests/test_csvs.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/instructor_analytics/tests/test_csvs.py
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ class TestAnalyticsCSVS(TestCase):
         res = create_csv_response('robot.csv', header, datarows)
         self.assertEqual(res['Content-Type'], 'text/csv')
         self.assertEqual(res['Content-Disposition'], u'attachment; filename={0}'.format('robot.csv'))
-        self.assertEqual(res.content.strip(), '"Name","Email"\r\n"Jim","jim@edy.org"\r\n"Jake","jake@edy.org"\r\n"Jeeves","jeeves@edy.org"')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            res.content.strip().decode('utf-8'),
+            '"Name","Email"\r\n"Jim","jim@edy.org"\r\n"Jake","jake@edy.org"\r\n"Jeeves","jeeves@edy.org"'
+        )
 
     def test_create_csv_response_empty(self):
         header = []