diff --git a/finagle-memcached/src/main/scala/com/twitter/finagle/memcached/util/ParserUtils.scala b/finagle-memcached/src/main/scala/com/twitter/finagle/memcached/util/ParserUtils.scala
index cc6c2d89b9..b1aa43b043 100644
--- a/finagle-memcached/src/main/scala/com/twitter/finagle/memcached/util/ParserUtils.scala
+++ b/finagle-memcached/src/main/scala/com/twitter/finagle/memcached/util/ParserUtils.scala
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ object ParserUtils {
         segmentStart = segmentEnd + 1
       }
     }
-    split
+    split.toSeq
   }
 
   /**
@@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ object ParserUtils {
       num
     }
   }
+
 }