diff --git a/src/main/client/get.c b/src/main/client/get.c
index 92f6705af..078d5f94f 100644
--- a/src/main/client/get.c
+++ b/src/main/client/get.c
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ PyObject *AerospikeClient_Get(AerospikeClient *self, PyObject *args,
     static char *kwlist[] = {"key", "policy", NULL};
 
     // Python Function Argument Parsing
-    if (PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|O!:get", kwlist, &py_key,
-                                    &PyDict_Type, &py_policy) == false) {
+    if (PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|O:get", kwlist, &py_key,
+                                    &py_policy) == false) {
         return NULL;
     }