diff --git a/redis/client.py b/redis/client.py
index d62e20ea2c..957081cfee 100755
--- a/redis/client.py
+++ b/redis/client.py
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ def parse_georadius_generic(response, **options):
     if not options['withdist'] and not options['withcoord']\
             and not options['withhash']:
         # just a bunch of places
-        return [nativestr(r) for r in response_list]
+        return response_list
 
     cast = {
         'withdist': float,
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ def parse_georadius_generic(response, **options):
 
     # zip all output results with each casting functino to get
     # the properly native Python value.
-    f = [nativestr]
+    f = [lambda x: x]
     f += [cast[o] for o in ['withdist', 'withhash', 'withcoord'] if options[o]]
     return [
         list(map(lambda fv: fv[0](fv[1]), zip(f, r))) for r in response_list
diff --git a/tests/test_commands.py b/tests/test_commands.py
index 28b8813826..733ec4faca 100644
--- a/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -1653,10 +1653,11 @@ def test_old_geopos_no_value(self, r):
     @skip_if_server_version_lt('3.2.0')
     def test_georadius(self, r):
         values = (2.1909389952632, 41.433791470673, 'place1') +\
-                 (2.1873744593677, 41.406342043777, 'place2')
+                 (2.1873744593677, 41.406342043777, b'\x80place2')
 
         r.geoadd('barcelona', *values)
-        assert r.georadius('barcelona', 2.191, 41.433, 1000) == ['place1']
+        assert r.georadius('barcelona', 2.191, 41.433, 1000) == [b'place1']
+        assert r.georadius('barcelona', 2.187, 41.406, 1000) == [b'\x80place2']
 
     @skip_if_server_version_lt('3.2.0')
     def test_georadius_no_values(self, r):
@@ -1673,7 +1674,7 @@ def test_georadius_units(self, r):
 
         r.geoadd('barcelona', *values)
         assert r.georadius('barcelona', 2.191, 41.433, 1, unit='km') ==\
-            ['place1']
+            [b'place1']
 
     @skip_if_server_version_lt('3.2.0')
     def test_georadius_with(self, r):
@@ -1686,17 +1687,17 @@ def test_georadius_with(self, r):
         # function.
         assert r.georadius('barcelona', 2.191, 41.433, 1, unit='km',
                            withdist=True, withcoord=True, withhash=True) ==\
-            [['place1', 0.0881, 3471609698139488,
+            [[b'place1', 0.0881, 3471609698139488,
               (2.19093829393386841, 41.43379028184083523)]]
 
         assert r.georadius('barcelona', 2.191, 41.433, 1, unit='km',
                            withdist=True, withcoord=True) ==\
-            [['place1', 0.0881,
+            [[b'place1', 0.0881,
               (2.19093829393386841, 41.43379028184083523)]]
 
         assert r.georadius('barcelona', 2.191, 41.433, 1, unit='km',
                            withhash=True, withcoord=True) ==\
-            [['place1', 3471609698139488,
+            [[b'place1', 3471609698139488,
               (2.19093829393386841, 41.43379028184083523)]]
 
         # test no values.
@@ -1710,7 +1711,7 @@ def test_georadius_count(self, r):
 
         r.geoadd('barcelona', *values)
         assert r.georadius('barcelona', 2.191, 41.433, 3000, count=1) ==\
-            ['place1']
+            [b'place1']
 
     @skip_if_server_version_lt('3.2.0')
     def test_georadius_sort(self, r):
@@ -1719,9 +1720,9 @@ def test_georadius_sort(self, r):
 
         r.geoadd('barcelona', *values)
         assert r.georadius('barcelona', 2.191, 41.433, 3000, sort='ASC') ==\
-            ['place1', 'place2']
+            [b'place1', b'place2']
         assert r.georadius('barcelona', 2.191, 41.433, 3000, sort='DESC') ==\
-            ['place2', 'place1']
+            [b'place2', b'place1']
 
     @skip_if_server_version_lt('3.2.0')
     def test_georadius_store(self, r):
@@ -1746,19 +1747,19 @@ def test_georadius_store_dist(self, r):
     @skip_if_server_version_lt('3.2.0')
     def test_georadiusmember(self, r):
         values = (2.1909389952632, 41.433791470673, 'place1') +\
-                 (2.1873744593677, 41.406342043777, 'place2')
+                 (2.1873744593677, 41.406342043777, b'\x80place2')
 
         r.geoadd('barcelona', *values)
         assert r.georadiusbymember('barcelona', 'place1', 4000) ==\
-            ['place2', 'place1']
-        assert r.georadiusbymember('barcelona', 'place1', 10) == ['place1']
+            [b'\x80place2', b'place1']
+        assert r.georadiusbymember('barcelona', 'place1', 10) == [b'place1']
 
         assert r.georadiusbymember('barcelona', 'place1', 4000,
                                    withdist=True, withcoord=True,
                                    withhash=True) ==\
-            [['place2', 3067.4157, 3471609625421029,
+            [[b'\x80place2', 3067.4157, 3471609625421029,
                 (2.187376320362091, 41.40634178640635)],
-             ['place1', 0.0, 3471609698139488,
+             [b'place1', 0.0, 3471609698139488,
                  (2.1909382939338684, 41.433790281840835)]]
 
     @skip_if_server_version_lt('5.0.0')