Use six.text_type instead of str everywhere

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/parsers.py b/rest_framework/parsers.py
index fa02ecf1..ccb82f03 100644
--- a/rest_framework/parsers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/parsers.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ They give us a generic way of being able to handle various media types
 on the request, such as form content or json encoded data.
 """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.files.uploadhandler import StopFutureHandlers
 from django.http import QueryDict
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ class MultiPartParser(BaseParser):
             data, files = parser.parse()
             return DataAndFiles(data, files)
         except MultiPartParserError as exc:
-            raise ParseError('Multipart form parse error - %s' % str(exc))
+            raise ParseError('Multipart form parse error - %s' % six.text_type(exc))
 
 
 class XMLParser(BaseParser):