diff --git a/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/plugin.py b/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/plugin.py
index 8bee1f3304..4ca6b50702 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/plugin.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/plugin.py
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ class HoudiniCreatorBase(object):
                     family = family_parm.eval()
                     cache_legacy.setdefault(family, []).append(node)
 
-            shared_data["houdini_cached_subsets"] = dict(cache)
-            shared_data["houdini_cached_legacy_subsets"] = dict(cache_legacy)
+            shared_data["houdini_cached_subsets"] = cache
+            shared_data["houdini_cached_legacy_subsets"] = cache_legacy
 
         return shared_data