diff --git a/Lib/collections.py b/Lib/collections.py
index 723522d2275..331937827c6 100644
--- a/Lib/collections.py
+++ b/Lib/collections.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class OrderedDict(dict, MutableMapping):
     def __repr__(self):
         if not self:
             return '%s()' % (self.__class__.__name__,)
-        return '%s(%r)' % (self.__class__.__name__, list(self.items()))
+        return '%s(%r)' % (self.__class__.__name__, self.items())
 
     def copy(self):
         return self.__class__(self)