diff --git a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/modules/dht_health_manager.py b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/modules/dht_health_manager.py
index acf5a3b3580..bb30f1ee7c4 100644
--- a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/modules/dht_health_manager.py
+++ b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/modules/dht_health_manager.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import math
 from asyncio import Future
 
-from ipv8.dht.routing import distance, id_to_binary_string
+from ipv8.dht.routing import distance
 from ipv8.taskmanager import TaskManager
 
 import libtorrent as lt
@@ -127,9 +127,7 @@ def received_bloomfilters(self, node_id, bf_seeds=bytearray(256), bf_peers=bytea
         # We do not know to which infohash the received get_peers response belongs so we have to manually go through
         # the infohashes and find the infohash that is the closest to the node id that sent us the message.
         for infohash in self.lookup_futures:
-            infohash_bin = id_to_binary_string(infohash)
-            node_id_bin = id_to_binary_string(node_id)
-            ih_distance = distance(infohash_bin, node_id_bin)
+            ih_distance = distance(infohash, node_id)
             if ih_distance < min_distance or min_distance == -1:
                 min_distance = ih_distance
                 closest_infohash = infohash
diff --git a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/modules/tests/test_dht_health_manager.py b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/modules/tests/test_dht_health_manager.py
index 8e906d51001..dad8eb6ea54 100644
--- a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/modules/tests/test_dht_health_manager.py
+++ b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/modules/tests/test_dht_health_manager.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ async def test_receive_bloomfilters(self):
         """
         Test whether the right operations happen when receiving a bloom filter
         """
-        infohash = 'a' * 20
+        infohash = b'a' * 20
         self.dht_health_manager.received_bloomfilters(infohash)  # It should not do anything
         self.assertFalse(self.dht_health_manager.bf_seeders)
         self.assertFalse(self.dht_health_manager.bf_peers)