diff --git a/c2cgeoportal/views/entry.py b/c2cgeoportal/views/entry.py
index 9aca9e90b2..495ad5b202 100644
--- a/c2cgeoportal/views/entry.py
+++ b/c2cgeoportal/views/entry.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def _get_child_layers_info(self, layer):
     def _getIconPath(self, icon):
         if not icon:
             return None  # pragma: no cover
-        icon = str(icon)
+        icon = unicode(icon)
         # test full URL
         if not icon[0:4] == 'http':
             try: