From 4c0be7ddd410b5fb56fafb96e6226f0dcd0b1b2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Calum Lind <calumlind+deluge@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 20:30:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [Common] Fix missing return for de/encode methods

---
 deluge/common.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/deluge/common.py b/deluge/common.py
index 97d2ba441..5d9e34dcf 100644
--- a/deluge/common.py
+++ b/deluge/common.py
@@ -942,13 +942,13 @@ def decode_bytes(byte_str, encoding='utf8'):
 @deprecated
 def decode_string(byte_str, encoding='utf8'):
     """Deprecated: Use decode_bytes"""
-    decode_bytes(byte_str, encoding)
+    return decode_bytes(byte_str, encoding)
 
 
 @deprecated
 def utf8_encoded(str_, encoding='utf8'):
     """Deprecated: Use encode or decode_bytes if needed"""
-    decode_bytes(str_, encoding).encode('utf8')
+    return decode_bytes(str_, encoding).encode('utf8')
 
 
 def utf8_encode_structure(data):