diff --git a/django/utils/encoding.py b/django/utils/encoding.py
index efc4eccaf9..adab0d0712 100644
--- a/django/utils/encoding.py
+++ b/django/utils/encoding.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def filepath_to_uri(path):
         return path
     # I know about `os.sep` and `os.altsep` but I want to leave
     # some flexibility for hardcoding separators.
-    return quote(force_bytes(path.replace("\\", "/")), safe=b"/~!*()'")
+    return quote(force_bytes(path).replace(b"\\", b"/"), safe=b"/~!*()'")
 
 def get_system_encoding():
     """
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/encoding.py b/tests/utils_tests/encoding.py
index d191845518..7aaba25a7a 100644
--- a/tests/utils_tests/encoding.py
+++ b/tests/utils_tests/encoding.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.utils import unittest
-from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
+from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes, filepath_to_uri
 
 
 class TestEncodingUtils(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ class TestEncodingUtils(unittest.TestCase):
         exc = ValueError(error_msg)
         result = force_bytes(exc)
         self.assertEqual(result, error_msg.encode('utf-8'))
+
+    def test_filepath_to_uri(self):
+        self.assertEqual(filepath_to_uri('upload\\чубака.mp4'),
+            'upload/%D1%87%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0.mp4')
+        self.assertEqual(filepath_to_uri('upload\\чубака.mp4'.encode('utf-8')),
+            'upload/%D1%87%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0.mp4')