diff --git a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/payment_request/payment_request.py b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/payment_request/payment_request.py
index 1aff43c7177..6b74f477f2b 100644
--- a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/payment_request/payment_request.py
+++ b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/payment_request/payment_request.py
@@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ class PaymentRequest(Document):
 
 		return controller.get_payment_url(**{
 			"amount": flt(self.grand_total, self.precision("grand_total")),
-			"title": data.company.encode("utf-8"),
-			"description": self.subject.encode("utf-8"),
+			"title": frappe.as_unicode(data.company),
+			"description": frappe.as_unicode(self.subject),
 			"reference_doctype": "Payment Request",
 			"reference_docname": self.name,
 			"payer_email": self.email_to or frappe.session.user,
-			"payer_name": frappe.safe_encode(data.customer_name),
+			"payer_name": frappe.as_unicode(data.customer_name),
 			"order_id": self.name,
 			"currency": self.currency
 		})
@@ -475,4 +475,4 @@ def make_payment_order(source_name, target_doc=None):
 		}
 	}, target_doc, set_missing_values)
 
-	return doclist
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+	return doclist