diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/feature_view.py b/sdk/python/feast/feature_view.py
index d91ee9080d..e26759ba92 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/feature_view.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/feature_view.py
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ def from_proto(cls, feature_view_proto: FeatureViewProto):
             feature_view.stream_source = stream_source
 
         # This avoids the deprecation warning.
-        feature_view.entities = feature_view_proto.spec.entities
+        feature_view.entities = list(feature_view_proto.spec.entities)
 
         # Instead of passing in a schema, we set the features and entity columns.
         feature_view.features = [