diff --git a/mercurial/streamclone.py b/mercurial/streamclone.py
--- a/mercurial/streamclone.py
+++ b/mercurial/streamclone.py
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ def stream_out(repo, fileobj):
     entries = []
     total_bytes = 0
     for name, size in walkrepo(repo.spath):
-        if repo.decodefn:
-            name = repo.decodefn(name)
+        name = util.pconvert(repo.decodefn(name))
         entries.append((name, size))
         total_bytes += size
     repolock.release()