diff --git a/confluent/config/configmanager.py b/confluent/config/configmanager.py
index fb2f23e4..80ab0eea 100644
--- a/confluent/config/configmanager.py
+++ b/confluent/config/configmanager.py
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ class ConfigManager(object):
             for attrname in attribmap[node].iterkeys():
                 if (attrname not in attributes.node or
                         ('type' in attributes.node[attrname] and
-                        not isinstance(attribmap[node][attrname],attributes.node[attrname]['type'])):
+                        not isinstance(attribmap[node][attrname],attributes.node[attrname]['type']))):
                     raise ValueError
                 newdict = {}
                 if (isinstance(attribmap[node][attrname], str)):