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diff --git a/django/utils/encoding.py b/django/utils/encoding.py
index e2d7249903..9301419b5c 100644
--- a/django/utils/encoding.py
+++ b/django/utils/encoding.py
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ def force_unicode(s, encoding='utf-8', strings_only=False, errors='strict'):
If strings_only is True, don't convert (some) non-string-like objects.
"""
+ # Handle the common case first, saves 30-40% in performance when s
+ # is an instance of unicode. This function gets called often in that
+ # setting.
+ if isinstance(s, unicode):
+ return s
if strings_only and is_protected_type(s):
return s
try: