diff --git a/volatility/framework/plugins/windows/registry/printkey.py b/volatility/framework/plugins/windows/registry/printkey.py
index ceb7b36fc..052b8160c 100644
--- a/volatility/framework/plugins/windows/registry/printkey.py
+++ b/volatility/framework/plugins/windows/registry/printkey.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class PrintKey(interfaces.plugins.PluginInterface):
                     value_type = renderers.UnreadableValue()
 
                 result = (depth, (last_write_time, renderers.format_hints.Hex(hive.hive_offset), value_type, key_path,
-                                  value_node_name, format_hints.StrLike(value_data), volatile))
+                                  value_node_name, format_hints.StrLike(value_data, encoding = 'utf-16-le'), volatile))
                 yield result
 
     def _registry_walker(self,