diff --git a/PWGHF/D2H/Macros/hf_analysis_utils.py b/PWGHF/D2H/Macros/hf_analysis_utils.py
index 862dce80717..97d4fc16252 100644
--- a/PWGHF/D2H/Macros/hf_analysis_utils.py
+++ b/PWGHF/D2H/Macros/hf_analysis_utils.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def make_list(object) -> list:
     """
     Returns the object as a list if it is not a list already.
     """
-    return object if isinstance(object, list) else list(object)
+    return object if isinstance(object, list) else [object]
 
 
 # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments