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diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index e259dc3..aa107cb 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -420,7 +420,11 @@ def check_output(*popenargs, timeout=None, **kwargs):
if 'input' in kwargs and kwargs['input'] is None:
# Explicitly passing input=None was previously equivalent to passing an
# empty string. That is maintained here for backwards compatibility.
- kwargs['input'] = '' if kwargs.get('universal_newlines', False) else b''
+ if kwargs.get('universal_newlines') or kwargs.get('text'):
+ empty = ''
+ else:
+ empty = b''
+ kwargs['input'] = empty
return run(*popenargs, stdout=PIPE, timeout=timeout, check=True,
**kwargs).stdout