diff --git a/gunicorn/http/wsgi.py b/gunicorn/http/wsgi.py
index 6b017357..ff75974d 100644
--- a/gunicorn/http/wsgi.py
+++ b/gunicorn/http/wsgi.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def create(req, sock, client, server, cfg):
     if isinstance(client, string_types):
         environ['REMOTE_ADDR'] = client
     elif isinstance(client, binary_type):
-        environ['REMOTE_ADDR'] = str(client)
+        environ['REMOTE_ADDR'] = client.decode()
     else:
         environ['REMOTE_ADDR'] = client[0]
         environ['REMOTE_PORT'] = str(client[1])