diff --git a/uncompyle6/semantics/helper.py b/uncompyle6/semantics/helper.py
index 78998bec..0ff4b419 100644
--- a/uncompyle6/semantics/helper.py
+++ b/uncompyle6/semantics/helper.py
@@ -153,7 +153,12 @@ def is_lambda_mode(compile_mode: str) -> bool:
 
 def print_docstring(self, indent, docstring):
     if isinstance(docstring, bytes):
-        docstring = docstring.decode("utf8", errors="backslashreplace")
+        try:
+            docstring_try = docstring.decode("utf8", errors="backslashreplace")
+        except Exception:
+            docstring = str(docstring)
+        else:
+            docstring = docstring_try
 
     quote = '"""'
     if docstring.find(quote) >= 0: