diff --git a/src/Tools/fcinfo b/src/Tools/fcinfo
index 0b71f0b76f..9fb2834768 100755
--- a/src/Tools/fcinfo
+++ b/src/Tools/fcinfo
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class FreeCADFileHandler(xml.sax.ContentHandler):
 
             # Print all the contents of the document properties
             items = self.contents.items()
-            items.sort()
+            items = sorted(items)
             for key,value in items:
                 key = self.clean(key)
                 value = self.clean(value)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class FreeCADFileHandler(xml.sax.ContentHandler):
 
         if (tag == "Document") and (self.short != 2):
             items = self.contents.items()
-            items.sort()
+            items = sorted(items)
             for key,value in items:
                 key = self.clean(key)
                 if "00000000::" in key: