diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urlparse.py b/Lib/test/test_urlparse.py
index 625c6dc88796b6..495300ebeecd4d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urlparse.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urlparse.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     ("a=a+b;b=b+c", [('a', 'a b;b=b c')]),
     (b";a=b", [(b';a', b'b')]),
     (b"a=a+b;b=b+c", [(b'a', b'a b;b=b c')]),
+    (b"a=a%E2%80%99b", [(b'a', b'a\xe2\x80\x99b')]),
 ]
 
 # Each parse_qs testcase is a two-tuple that contains
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
     ("a=a+b;b=b+c", {'a': ['a b;b=b c']}),
     (b";a=b", {b';a': [b'b']}),
     (b"a=a+b;b=b+c", {b'a':[ b'a b;b=b c']}),
+    (b"a=a%E2%80%99b", {b'a': [b'a\xe2\x80\x99b']}),
 ]
 
 class UrlParseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/parse.py b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
index c129b0d7971d71..89bedffbc69c9b 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/parse.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def _decode_args(args, encoding=_implicit_encoding,
                        errors=_implicit_errors):
     return tuple(x.decode(encoding, errors) if x else '' for x in args)
 
-def _coerce_args(*args):
+def _coerce_args(*args, encoding=_implicit_encoding):
     # Invokes decode if necessary to create str args
     # and returns the coerced inputs along with
     # an appropriate result coercion function
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def _coerce_args(*args):
             raise TypeError("Cannot mix str and non-str arguments")
     if str_input:
         return args + (_noop,)
-    return _decode_args(args) + (_encode_result,)
+    return _decode_args(args, encoding=encoding) + (functools.partial(_encode_result, encoding=encoding),)
 
 # Result objects are more helpful than simple tuples
 class _ResultMixinStr(object):
@@ -763,8 +763,8 @@ def parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False,
 
         Returns a list, as G-d intended.
     """
-    qs, _coerce_result = _coerce_args(qs)
-    separator, _ = _coerce_args(separator)
+    qs, _coerce_result = _coerce_args(qs, encoding=encoding)
+    separator, _ = _coerce_args(separator, encoding=encoding)
 
     if not separator or (not isinstance(separator, (str, bytes))):
         raise ValueError("Separator must be of type string or bytes.")
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-06-13-05-32-29.gh-issue-74668.bArBQ1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-06-13-05-32-29.gh-issue-74668.bArBQ1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8623b2d6db3327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-06-13-05-32-29.gh-issue-74668.bArBQ1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Parse query string containing unicode characters passed as byte string.