diff -r a8b17859684a -r 20a42325fdef hgext/mq.py
--- a/hgext/mq.py	Wed Aug 17 20:57:15 2016 -0700
+++ b/hgext/mq.py	Wed Nov 23 00:03:11 2016 +0530
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
     lock as lockmod,
     patch as patchmod,
     phases,
+    pycompat,
     registrar,
     revset,
     scmutil,
@@ -3523,7 +3524,7 @@
             raise error.Abort(_('only a local queue repository '
                                'may be initialized'))
     else:
-        repopath = cmdutil.findrepo(os.getcwd())
+        repopath = cmdutil.findrepo(pycompat.getcwd())
         if not repopath:
             raise error.Abort(_('there is no Mercurial repository here '
                                '(.hg not found)'))