diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 33c4434a..af4f9b04 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Feature release.
   change, this shouldn't affect any supported systems as even Debian stable
   includes Tornado >= 4.4.
 
+- File: Fix extraneous encoding of path. (PR: :issue:`1611`)
+
 - MPD: Added ``idle`` to the list of available commands.
   (Fixes: :issue:`1593`, PR: :issue:`1597`)
 
diff --git a/mopidy/file/library.py b/mopidy/file/library.py
index eebe0e48..fa17f473 100644
--- a/mopidy/file/library.py
+++ b/mopidy/file/library.py
@@ -142,6 +142,5 @@ class FileLibraryProvider(backend.LibraryProvider):
 
     def _is_in_basedir(self, local_path):
         return any(
-            path.is_path_inside_base_dir(
-                local_path, media_dir['path'])
+            path.is_path_inside_base_dir(local_path, media_dir['path'])
             for media_dir in self._media_dirs)