diff --git a/ipaserver/plugins/service.py b/ipaserver/plugins/service.py
index 28ea364e9..a44dcaa5e 100644
--- a/ipaserver/plugins/service.py
+++ b/ipaserver/plugins/service.py
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ class service(LDAPObject):
             pass
 
         try:
-            return dn['krbprincipalname'][0]
+            return dn['krbprincipalname']
         except KeyError:
             return unicode(dn)