diff --git a/source/blender/python/api2_2x/CurNurb.c b/source/blender/python/api2_2x/CurNurb.c
index 81d1de36eec..7dcbf142737 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/api2_2x/CurNurb.c
+++ b/source/blender/python/api2_2x/CurNurb.c
@@ -400,8 +400,11 @@ PyObject *CurNurb_appendPointToNurb( Nurb * nurb, PyObject * args )
 
 	/*
 	   do we have a list of four floats or a BezTriple?
-	 */
-	PyArg_ParseTuple( args, "O", &pyOb );
+	*/
+	if( !PyArg_ParseTuple( args, "O", &pyOb ))
+		return( EXPP_ReturnPyObjError
+				( PyExc_RuntimeError,
+				  "Internal error parsing arguments" ) );
 
 	if( BezTriple_CheckPyObject( pyOb ) ) {
 		BezTriple *tmp;
diff --git a/source/blender/python/api2_2x/Curve.c b/source/blender/python/api2_2x/Curve.c
index e4d91aca25e..70a4200383d 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/api2_2x/Curve.c
+++ b/source/blender/python/api2_2x/Curve.c
@@ -1152,6 +1152,8 @@ static PyObject *Curve_appendPoint( BPy_Curve * self, PyObject * args )
 	int i;
 	int nurb_num;		/* index of curve we append to */
 	PyObject *coord_args;	/* coords for new point */
+	PyObject *retval = NULL;
+	PyObject *valtuple;
 	Nurb *nurb = self->curve->nurb.first;	/* first nurb in Curve */
 
 /* fixme - need to malloc new Nurb */
@@ -1175,8 +1177,13 @@ static PyObject *Curve_appendPoint( BPy_Curve * self, PyObject * args )
 				   "curve index out of range" ) );
 	}
 
-	return CurNurb_appendPointToNurb( nurb, coord_args );
+	/* rebuild our arg tuple for appendPointToNurb() */
+	valtuple = Py_BuildValue( "(O)", coord_args );
+	
+	retval =  CurNurb_appendPointToNurb( nurb, valtuple );
+	Py_DECREF( valtuple );
 
+	return retval;
 }