diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index a09d710f3..fa17c28a9 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -263,10 +263,6 @@ class Connect(object):
         # support those by default
         url = asciifyUrl(url)
 
-        # fix for known issues when using url in unicode format
-        # (e.g. UnicodeDecodeError: "url = url + '?' + query" in redirect case)
-        url = unicodeencode(url)
-
         try:
             socket.setdefaulttimeout(timeout)
 
@@ -353,6 +349,7 @@ class Connect(object):
                 del headers[key]
                 headers[unicodeencode(key, kb.pageEncoding)] = unicodeencode(item, kb.pageEncoding)
 
+            url = unicodeencode(url)
             post = unicodeencode(post, kb.pageEncoding)
 
             if method and method not in (HTTPMETHOD.GET, HTTPMETHOD.POST):