diff --git a/erpnext/e_commerce/redisearch_utils.py b/erpnext/e_commerce/redisearch_utils.py
index 61b4b9ee1f42..1f649c7b486d 100644
--- a/erpnext/e_commerce/redisearch_utils.py
+++ b/erpnext/e_commerce/redisearch_utils.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def is_search_module_loaded():
 		out = cache.execute_command("MODULE LIST")
 
 		parsed_output = " ".join(
-			(" ".join([s.decode() for s in o if not isinstance(s, int)]) for o in out)
+			(" ".join([frappe.as_unicode(s) for s in o if not isinstance(s, int)]) for o in out)
 		)
 		return "search" in parsed_output
 	except Exception: