diff --git a/pywbem_mock/_wbemconnection_mock.py b/pywbem_mock/_wbemconnection_mock.py
index 74c708878..c85cbe0ae 100644
--- a/pywbem_mock/_wbemconnection_mock.py
+++ b/pywbem_mock/_wbemconnection_mock.py
@@ -102,7 +102,10 @@ def _uprint(dest, text):
     """
     if dest is None:
         btext = text.encode(STDOUT_ENCODING, 'replace')
-        print(btext.decode(STDOUT_ENCODING))
+        if six.PY3:
+            print(btext.decode(STDOUT_ENCODING))
+        else:
+            print(btext)
     else:
         if six.PY2:
             # Open with codecs to define text mode