diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index 64e24eef50e75a..48145180b86965 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ def emit(self, record):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         level = getLevelName(self.level)
-        name = getattr(self.stream, 'name', '')
+        name = str(getattr(self.stream, 'name', ''))
         if name:
             name += ' '
         return '<%s %s(%s)>' % (self.__class__.__name__, name, level)