1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/mediatypes.py b/rest_framework/utils/mediatypes.py
index 87b3cc6a..de2931c2 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/mediatypes.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/mediatypes.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ See http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.7
 """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.http.multipartparser import parse_header
+from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
 from rest_framework import HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING
 
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ def order_by_precedence(media_type_lst):
     return [media_types for media_types in ret if media_types]
 
 
+@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class _MediaType(object):
     def __init__(self, media_type_str):
         if media_type_str is None:
@@ -79,9 +81,6 @@ class _MediaType(object):
         return 3
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return self.__unicode__().encode('utf-8')
-
-    def __unicode__(self):
         ret = "%s/%s" % (self.main_type, self.sub_type)
         for key, val in self.params.items():
             ret += "; %s=%s" % (key, val)