diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/connector.py b/manila/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/connector.py
index 70ed2e21c1..cf72d73a77 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/connector.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/connector.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class XMLAPIConnector(object):
         credential = ('user=' + self.username
                       + '&password=' + self.password
                       + '&Login=Login')
-        req = url_request.Request(self.auth_url, credential,
+        req = url_request.Request(self.auth_url, credential.encode(),
                                   constants.CONTENT_TYPE_URLENCODE)
         resp = self.url_opener.open(req)
         resp_body = resp.read()
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class XMLAPIConnector(object):
 
     def _request(self, req_body=None, method=None,
                  header=constants.CONTENT_TYPE_URLENCODE):
-        req = url_request.Request(self._url, req_body, header)
+        req = url_request.Request(self._url, req_body.encode(), header)
         if method not in (None, 'GET', 'POST'):
             req.get_method = lambda: method
         self._http_log_req(req)
diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/xml_api_parser.py b/manila/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/xml_api_parser.py
index 7b3c3e61ea..b9fecac369 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/xml_api_parser.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/xml_api_parser.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class XMLAPIParser(object):
 
         events = ("start", "end")
 
-        context = etree.iterparse(six.BytesIO(xml.encode('utf-8')),
+        context = etree.iterparse(six.BytesIO(xml),
                                   events=events)
         for action, elem in context:
             self.tag = self._remove_ns(elem.tag)
diff --git a/manila/tests/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/fakes.py b/manila/tests/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/fakes.py
index a5ec9d5b5c..18b8d9978b 100644
--- a/manila/tests/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/fakes.py
+++ b/manila/tests/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/fakes.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def response(func):
             'xml_api"><Response>'
             + func(*args, **kwargs)
             + '</Response></ResponsePacket>'
-        )
+        ).encode()
 
     return inner
 
diff --git a/manila/tests/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/test_connector.py b/manila/tests/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/test_connector.py
index 233d47c2bc..b6c1065bba 100644
--- a/manila/tests/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/test_connector.py
+++ b/manila/tests/share/drivers/dell_emc/common/enas/test_connector.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class XMLAPIConnectorTestData(object):
             'user=' + fakes.FakeData.emc_nas_login
             + '&password=' + fakes.FakeData.emc_nas_password
             + '&Login=Login'
-        )
+        ).encode()
 
     @staticmethod
     def req_url_encode():