diff --git a/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshNet/Common/SshData.cs b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshNet/Common/SshData.cs
index 07f85825..7a441397 100644
--- a/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshNet/Common/SshData.cs
+++ b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshNet/Common/SshData.cs
@@ -359,8 +359,9 @@ namespace Renci.SshNet.Common
             if (data == null)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException("data");
 
-            this.Write((uint)data.Length);
-            this.Write(encoding.GetBytes(data));
+            var bytes = encoding.GetBytes(data);
+            this.Write((uint)bytes.Length);
+            this.Write(bytes);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshNet/Messages/Connection/ChannelRequest/ExecRequestInfo.cs b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshNet/Messages/Connection/ChannelRequest/ExecRequestInfo.cs
index c624b450..e352071c 100644
--- a/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshNet/Messages/Connection/ChannelRequest/ExecRequestInfo.cs
+++ b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshNet/Messages/Connection/ChannelRequest/ExecRequestInfo.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-namespace Renci.SshNet.Messages.Connection
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Renci.SshNet.Messages.Connection
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents "exec" type channel request information
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@
         {
             base.SaveData();
 
-            this.Write(this.Command);
+            this.Write(this.Command, Encoding.UTF8);
         }
     }
 }