diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index 3cfb0ad2c..fcb0b28ff 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use lscolors::LsColors;
 use number_prefix::NumberPrefix;
 use once_cell::unsync::OnceCell;
 use quoting_style::{escape_name, QuotingStyle};
+use std::ffi::OsString;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use std::os::windows::fs::MetadataExt;
 use std::{
@@ -1173,7 +1174,7 @@ struct PathData {
     md: OnceCell<Option<Metadata>>,
     ft: OnceCell<Option<FileType>>,
     // Name of the file - will be empty for . or ..
-    display_name: String,
+    display_name: OsString,
     // PathBuf that all above data corresponds to
     p_buf: PathBuf,
     must_dereference: bool,
@@ -1183,7 +1184,7 @@ impl PathData {
     fn new(
         p_buf: PathBuf,
         file_type: Option<std::io::Result<FileType>>,
-        file_name: Option<String>,
+        file_name: Option<OsString>,
         config: &Config,
         command_line: bool,
     ) -> Self {
@@ -1191,16 +1192,13 @@ impl PathData {
         // For '..', the filename is None
         let display_name = if let Some(name) = file_name {
             name
+        } else if command_line {
+            p_buf.clone().into()
         } else {
-            let display_os_str = if command_line {
-                p_buf.as_os_str()
-            } else {
-                p_buf
-                    .file_name()
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|| p_buf.iter().next_back().unwrap())
-            };
-
-            display_os_str.to_string_lossy().into_owned()
+            p_buf
+                .file_name()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| p_buf.iter().next_back().unwrap())
+                .to_owned()
         };
         let must_dereference = match &config.dereference {
             Dereference::All => true,
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/quoting_style.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/quoting_style.rs
index 5f421b2ee..4839370ee 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/quoting_style.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/quoting_style.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::char::from_digit;
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
 
 // These are characters with special meaning in the shell (e.g. bash).
 // The first const contains characters that only have a special meaning when they appear at the beginning of a name.
@@ -255,19 +256,21 @@ fn shell_with_escape(name: &str, quotes: Quotes) -> (String, bool) {
     (escaped_str, must_quote)
 }
 
-pub(super) fn escape_name(name: &str, style: &QuotingStyle) -> String {
+pub(super) fn escape_name(name: &OsStr, style: &QuotingStyle) -> String {
     match style {
         QuotingStyle::Literal { show_control } => {
             if !show_control {
-                name.chars()
+                name.to_string_lossy()
+                    .chars()
                     .flat_map(|c| EscapedChar::new_literal(c).hide_control())
                     .collect()
             } else {
-                name.into()
+                name.to_string_lossy().into_owned()
             }
         }
         QuotingStyle::C { quotes } => {
             let escaped_str: String = name
+                .to_string_lossy()
                 .chars()
                 .flat_map(|c| EscapedChar::new_c(c, *quotes))
                 .collect();
@@ -283,6 +286,7 @@ pub(super) fn escape_name(name: &str, style: &QuotingStyle) -> String {
             always_quote,
             show_control,
         } => {
+            let name = name.to_string_lossy();
             let (quotes, must_quote) = if name.contains('"') {
                 (Quotes::Single, true)
             } else if name.contains('\'') {
@@ -294,9 +298,9 @@ pub(super) fn escape_name(name: &str, style: &QuotingStyle) -> String {
             };
 
             let (escaped_str, contains_quote_chars) = if *escape {
-                shell_with_escape(name, quotes)
+                shell_with_escape(&name, quotes)
             } else {
-                shell_without_escape(name, quotes, *show_control)
+                shell_without_escape(&name, quotes, *show_control)
             };
 
             match (must_quote | contains_quote_chars, quotes) {
@@ -362,7 +366,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn check_names(name: &str, map: Vec<(&str, &str)>) {
         assert_eq!(
             map.iter()
-                .map(|(_, style)| escape_name(name, &get_style(style)))
+                .map(|(_, style)| escape_name(name.as_ref(), &get_style(style)))
                 .collect::<Vec<String>>(),
             map.iter()
                 .map(|(correct, _)| correct.to_string())