diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index 89a85ebb19..6ae3bc6e5d 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ def p4CmdList(cmd):
         pass
     exitCode = pipe.close()
     if exitCode != None:
-        result["p4ExitCode"] = exitCode
+        entry = {}
+        entry["p4ExitCode"] = exitCode
+        result.append(entry)
 
     return result