diff --git a/bindings/python/src/PyXRootDFileSystem.cc b/bindings/python/src/PyXRootDFileSystem.cc
index d53fbd7fc65..ceb2c01f7a6 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/PyXRootDFileSystem.cc
+++ b/bindings/python/src/PyXRootDFileSystem.cc
@@ -608,15 +608,15 @@ namespace PyXRootD
   {
     static const char         *kwlist[] = { "files", "flags", "priority",
                                             "timeout", "callback", NULL };
-    XrdCl::PrepareFlags::Flags flags;
+    uint16_t                   flagval  = 0;
     uint8_t                    priority = 0;
     uint16_t                   timeout  = 0;
     PyObject                  *pyfiles = NULL, *callback = NULL;
     PyObject                  *pyresponse = NULL, *pystatus = NULL;
     XrdCl::XRootDStatus        status;
 
-    if ( !PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords( args, kwds, "OK|bHO:prepare",
-         (char**) kwlist, &pyfiles, &flags, &priority, &timeout, &callback ) )
+    if ( !PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords( args, kwds, "OH|bHO:prepare",
+         (char**) kwlist, &pyfiles, &flagval, &priority, &timeout, &callback ) )
       return NULL;
 
     if ( !PyList_Check( pyfiles ) ) {
@@ -636,6 +636,9 @@ namespace PyXRootD
       files.push_back( std::string( file ) );
     }
 
+    XrdCl::PrepareFlags::Flags flags;
+    flags = static_cast<XrdCl::PrepareFlags::Flags>(flagval);
+
     if ( callback && callback != Py_None ) {
       XrdCl::ResponseHandler *handler = GetHandler<XrdCl::Buffer>( callback );
       if ( !handler ) return NULL;
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/PyXRootDFileSystem.hh b/bindings/python/src/PyXRootDFileSystem.hh
index f884641927e..d3dd393fe3e 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/PyXRootDFileSystem.hh
+++ b/bindings/python/src/PyXRootDFileSystem.hh
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ namespace PyXRootD
       { "del_xattr",
           (PyCFunction) PyXRootD::FileSystem::DelXAttr,    METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, NULL },
       { "list_xattr",
-          (PyCFunction) PyXRootD::FileSystem::DelXAttr,    METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, NULL },
+          (PyCFunction) PyXRootD::FileSystem::ListXAttr,    METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, NULL },
       { NULL } /* Sentinel */
     };