diff --git a/pytorch3d/implicitron/dataset/types.py b/pytorch3d/implicitron/dataset/types.py
index 497b91eee..b8227567a 100644
--- a/pytorch3d/implicitron/dataset/types.py
+++ b/pytorch3d/implicitron/dataset/types.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def _dataclass_list_from_dict_list(dlist, typeannot):
 
         keys = np.split(list(all_keys_res), indices[:-1])
         vals = np.split(list(all_vals_res), indices[:-1])
-        return [cls(zip(*k, v)) for k, v in zip(keys, vals)]
+        return [cls(zip(k, v)) for k, v in zip(keys, vals)]
     elif not dataclasses.is_dataclass(typeannot):
         return dlist
 
diff --git a/tests/implicitron/test_types.py b/tests/implicitron/test_types.py
index 56352b93b..aff749be5 100644
--- a/tests/implicitron/test_types.py
+++ b/tests/implicitron/test_types.py
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ def test_parsing(self):
         )
 
         # dict
-        parsed = types._dataclass_from_dict({"k": dct}, Dict[str, FrameAnnotation])
-        self.assertEqual(parsed, {"k": self.entry})
+        parsed = types._dataclass_from_dict({"key": dct}, Dict[str, FrameAnnotation])
+        self.assertEqual(parsed, {"key": self.entry})
 
     def test_parsing_vectorized(self):
         dct = dataclasses.asdict(self.entry)
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ def test_parsing_vectorized(self):
         self._compare_with_scalar(_NT(dct), _NT)
         self._compare_with_scalar((dct,), Tuple[FrameAnnotation])
         self._compare_with_scalar([dct], List[FrameAnnotation])
-        self._compare_with_scalar({"k": dct}, Dict[str, FrameAnnotation])
+        self._compare_with_scalar({"key": dct}, Dict[str, FrameAnnotation])
 
         dct2 = dct.copy()
-        dct2["meta"] = {"d": 76}
+        dct2["meta"] = {"aux": 76}
         self._compare_with_scalar(dct2, FrameAnnotation)
 
     def _compare_with_scalar(self, obj, typeannot, repeat=3):