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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/cmd/query.py b/cloudinit/cmd/query.py
index 03b77c17..07db9552 100644
--- a/cloudinit/cmd/query.py
+++ b/cloudinit/cmd/query.py
@@ -86,14 +86,11 @@ def load_userdata(ud_file_path):
@returns: String of uncompressed userdata if possible, otherwise bytes.
"""
+ bdata = util.load_file(ud_file_path, decode=False)
try:
- return util.load_file(ud_file_path)
+ return bdata.decode('utf-8')
except UnicodeDecodeError:
- encoded_data = util.load_file(ud_file_path, decode=False)
- try:
- return util.decomp_gzip(encoded_data, quiet=False)
- except util.DecompressionError:
- return encoded_data
+ return util.decomp_gzip(bdata, quiet=False, decode=True)
def handle_args(name, args):