diff --git a/mws/mws.py b/mws/mws.py
index 0525044a..b1620e6f 100644
--- a/mws/mws.py
+++ b/mws/mws.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def parsed(self):
         Provides access to the parsed contents of an XML response as a tree of ObjectDicts.
         """
         if self._rootkey:
-            return self._response_dict.get(self._rootkey)
+            return self._response_dict.get(self._rootkey, self._response_dict)
         return self._response_dict