diff --git a/src/xpra/client/ui_client_base.py b/src/xpra/client/ui_client_base.py
index c7697ee61e..aa8d3c9a01 100644
--- a/src/xpra/client/ui_client_base.py
+++ b/src/xpra/client/ui_client_base.py
@@ -2872,7 +2872,7 @@ def _process_clipboard_enabled_status(self, packet):
         clipboard_enabled, reason = packet[1:3]
         if self.clipboard_enabled!=clipboard_enabled:
             clipboardlog.info("clipboard toggled to %s by the server, reason given:", ["off", "on"][int(clipboard_enabled)])
-            clipboardlog.info(" %s", reason)
+            clipboardlog.info(" %s", bytestostr(reason))
             self.clipboard_enabled = bool(clipboard_enabled)
             self.emit("clipboard-toggled")