diff -r e807c373846a -r a77e61b45384 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Apr 24 04:32:04 2017 +0530
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Apr 25 01:52:30 2017 +0530
@@ -255,8 +255,7 @@
     Returns 0 if all files are successfully added.
     """
 
-    opts = pycompat.byteskwargs(opts)
-    m = scmutil.match(repo[None], pats, opts)
+    m = scmutil.match(repo[None], pats, pycompat.byteskwargs(opts))
     rejected = cmdutil.add(ui, repo, m, "", False, **opts)
     return rejected and 1 or 0