diff --git a/lib/Connection.js b/lib/Connection.js
index 619862ff..58c438d7 100644
--- a/lib/Connection.js
+++ b/lib/Connection.js
@@ -1745,12 +1745,8 @@ Connection.prototype._processQueue = function() {
 
 Connection.prototype._sockWriteAppendData = function(appendData)
 {
-  var val = appendData;
-  if (Buffer.isBuffer(appendData))
-    val = val.toString('utf8');
-
-  this.debug && this.debug('=> ' + inspect(val));
-  this._sock.write(val);
+  this.debug && this.debug('=> ' + inspect(appendData));
+  this._sock.write(appendData);
   this._sock.write(CRLF);
 };