diff --git a/frappe/email/receive.py b/frappe/email/receive.py
index 63ea9d5787..2ea34615ef 100644
--- a/frappe/email/receive.py
+++ b/frappe/email/receive.py
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ class Email:
 		"""Parses headers, content, attachments from given raw message.
 
 		:param content: Raw message."""
-		self.raw = safe_decode(content)
+		self.raw = safe_encode(content)
 		self.mail = email.message_from_string(self.raw)