diff --git a/mwclient/page.py b/mwclient/page.py
index 0fda3db7fcb01e4e0c79d52a9c27e83da80ce97f..9aa63a4c58bf7c728b44f2105ab8c2f9fca6e900 100644
--- a/mwclient/page.py
+++ b/mwclient/page.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class Image(Page):
 			extra_properties = {'imageinfo': (('iiprop', 
 				compatibility.iiprop(site.version)), )})
 		self.imagerepository = self._info.get('imagerepository', '')
-		self.imageinfo = self._info.get('imageinfo', ((), ))[0]
+		self.imageinfo = self._info.get('imageinfo', ({}, ))[0]
 
 	def imagehistory(self):
 		return listing.PageProperty(self, 'imageinfo', 'ii',