--- a/hgext/remotefilelog/fileserverclient.py	Mon Nov 06 23:17:10 2023 +0100
+++ b/hgext/remotefilelog/fileserverclient.py	Mon Nov 13 09:19:11 2023 -0800
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
             self._lfsprefetch(fileids)
 
     def _lfsprefetch(self, fileids):
-        if not _lfsmod or not hasattr(self.repo.svfs, b'lfslocalblobstore'):
+        if not _lfsmod or not hasattr(self.repo.svfs, 'lfslocalblobstore'):
             return
         if not _lfsmod.wrapper.candownload(self.repo):
             return