diff --git a/mwclient/page.py b/mwclient/page.py
index 75bdd4051f2e2cae8e6e6c59ced1877586a9919f..967e504e77ac9bd0a5b2fc0464a63890255815a3 100644
--- a/mwclient/page.py
+++ b/mwclient/page.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class Image(Page):
 			extra_properties = {'imageinfo': (('iiprop', 
 			'timestamp|user|comment|url|size|sha1|metadata'), )})
 		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',