diff --git a/libraries/entropy/tools.py b/libraries/entropy/tools.py
index f14ce63fd..8220e8353 100644
--- a/libraries/entropy/tools.py
+++ b/libraries/entropy/tools.py
@@ -2852,6 +2852,7 @@ def uncompress_tar_bz2(filepath, extractPath = None, catchEmpty = False):
 
     try:
 
+        encoded_path = extractPath
         if const_isunicode(extractPath):
             encoded_path = extractPath.encode('utf-8')
         entries = []