diff --git a/storm-multilang/python/src/main/resources/resources/storm.py b/storm-multilang/python/src/main/resources/resources/storm.py
index 9106390b499..16fa82fcd41 100755
--- a/storm-multilang/python/src/main/resources/resources/storm.py
+++ b/storm-multilang/python/src/main/resources/resources/storm.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def emitBolt(tup, stream=None, anchors = [], directTask=None):
     m = {"command": "emit"}
     if stream is not None:
         m["stream"] = stream
-    m["anchors"] = map(lambda a: a.id, anchors)
+    m["anchors"] = list(map(lambda a: a.id, anchors))
     if directTask is not None:
         m["task"] = directTask
     m["tuple"] = tup