diff --git a/examples/networking/http_filter/http-parse-complete.py b/examples/networking/http_filter/http-parse-complete.py
index abf5f0f2c5d3..324232d54ea9 100644
--- a/examples/networking/http_filter/http-parse-complete.py
+++ b/examples/networking/http_filter/http-parse-complete.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 def toHex(s):
     lst = ""
     for ch in s:
-        hv = hex(ch).replace('0x', '')
+        hv = hex(ord(ch)).replace('0x', '')
         if len(hv) == 1:
             hv = '0' + hv
         lst = lst + hv