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diff --git a/python/pyspark/streaming/kinesis.py b/python/pyspark/streaming/kinesis.py
index bcfe2703fe..34be5880e1 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/streaming/kinesis.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/streaming/kinesis.py
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ __all__ = ['KinesisUtils', 'InitialPositionInStream', 'utf8_decoder']
def utf8_decoder(s):
""" Decode the unicode as UTF-8 """
- return s and s.decode('utf-8')
+ if s is None:
+ return None
+ return s.decode('utf-8')
class KinesisUtils(object):