diff --git a/src/tribler/core/components/libtorrent/download_manager/download_manager.py b/src/tribler/core/components/libtorrent/download_manager/download_manager.py
index 2bdbc0046c4..c0ea5340d40 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/components/libtorrent/download_manager/download_manager.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/components/libtorrent/download_manager/download_manager.py
@@ -591,7 +591,8 @@ async def start_download_from_uri(self, uri, config=None):
                 tdef = TorrentDef.load_from_dict(self.metainfo_cache[infohash]['meta_info'])
             else:
                 self._logger.info('Metainfo not found in cache')
-                tdef = TorrentDefNoMetainfo(infohash, b"Unknown name" if not name else name, url=uri)
+                name_encoded = name.encode('utf8') if name else b"Unknown name"
+                tdef = TorrentDefNoMetainfo(infohash, name_encoded, url=uri)
             return await self.start_download(tdef=tdef, config=config)
         if scheme == FILE_SCHEME:
             self._logger.info('File scheme detected')
diff --git a/src/tribler/core/components/libtorrent/tests/test_download_manager.py b/src/tribler/core/components/libtorrent/tests/test_download_manager.py
index 1f4bb60492e..ed5ebfc5d45 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/components/libtorrent/tests/test_download_manager.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/components/libtorrent/tests/test_download_manager.py
@@ -511,6 +511,13 @@ async def test_start_download_from_magnet_no_name(fake_dlmgr: DownloadManager):
     assert download.tdef.get_name() == b'Unknown name'
 
 
+async def test_start_download_from_magnet_with_name(fake_dlmgr: DownloadManager):
+    # Test whether a download is started with `Unknown name` name when the magnet has no name
+    magnet = f'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:{"A" * 40}&dn=AwesomeTorrent'
+    download = await fake_dlmgr.start_download_from_uri(magnet)
+    assert download.tdef.get_name() == b'AwesomeTorrent'
+
+
 def test_update_trackers(fake_dlmgr) -> None:
     fake_download, _ = create_fake_download_and_state()
     fake_dlmgr.downloads[fake_download.infohash] = fake_download