diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/python/stats/inspiral_extrinsics.py b/gstlal-inspiral/python/stats/inspiral_extrinsics.py
index 9376396bc346e651419d29c0d1035c54866d3489..dacd4bd2916b9abbd9961f9b769f4d0d8b2d1dc0 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/python/stats/inspiral_extrinsics.py
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/python/stats/inspiral_extrinsics.py
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ class SNRPDF(object):
 	def load(cls, fileobj = None, verbose = False):
 		if fileobj is None:
 			fileobj = open(cls.DEFAULT_FILENAME)
-		return cls.from_xml(ligolw_utils.load_fileobj(fileobj, gz = True, contenthandler = cls.LIGOLWContentHandler)[0])
+		return cls.from_xml(ligolw_utils.load_fileobj(fileobj, gz = True, contenthandler = cls.LIGOLWContentHandler))
 
 
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