diff --git a/scripts/qemu.py b/scripts/qemu.py
index 305a946562..08a3e9af5a 100644
--- a/scripts/qemu.py
+++ b/scripts/qemu.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def shutdown(self):
     def qmp(self, cmd, conv_keys=True, **args):
         '''Invoke a QMP command and return the response dict'''
         qmp_args = dict()
-        for key, value in args.iteritems():
+        for key, value in args.items():
             if conv_keys:
                 qmp_args[key.replace('_', '-')] = value
             else: