diff --git a/src/pgvariant.sip b/src/pgvariant.sip
index 05a2d429..32cd5fe4 100644
--- a/src/pgvariant.sip
+++ b/src/pgvariant.sip
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ PyObject* wxPGVariant_out_helper(const wxVariant& value)
             size_t idx = 0;
             PyObject* value = PyList_New(0);
             for (idx=0; idx < sipCpp->GetCount(); idx++) {
-                PyObject* item = wxPGVariant_out_helper(sipCpp->Item(idx));
+                PyObject* item = wxPGVariant_out_helper(sipCpp->Item(idx)->GetData());
                 PyList_Append(value, item);
             }
             return value;
diff --git a/src/variant.sip b/src/variant.sip
index c4a53eef..9e2572e7 100644
--- a/src/variant.sip
+++ b/src/variant.sip
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
             size_t idx = 0;
             PyObject* value = PyList_New(0);
             for (idx=0; idx < sipCpp->GetCount(); idx++) {
-                PyObject* item = wxVariant_out_helper(sipCpp->Item(idx));
+                PyObject* item = wxVariant_out_helper(sipCpp->Item(idx)->GetData());
                 PyList_Append(value, item);
             }
             return value;