diff -r 94c25f694ec3 -r 24e493ec2229 hgext/mq.py
--- a/hgext/mq.py	Mon Sep 24 22:46:22 2018 -0400
+++ b/hgext/mq.py	Fri Sep 21 19:48:23 2018 -0400
@@ -3585,7 +3585,7 @@
             raise error.Abort(_('only a local queue repository '
                                'may be initialized'))
     else:
-        repopath = cmdutil.findrepo(pycompat.getcwd())
+        repopath = cmdutil.findrepo(encoding.getcwd())
         if not repopath:
             raise error.Abort(_('there is no Mercurial repository here '
                                '(.hg not found)'))