diff --git a/Lib/mailbox.py b/Lib/mailbox.py
index ab915edea74..909285bd98b 100755
--- a/Lib/mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/mailbox.py
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ def get_message(self, key):
                     _unlock_file(f)
         finally:
             f.close()
-        for name, key_list in self.get_sequences():
+        for name, key_list in self.get_sequences().items():
             if key in key_list:
                 msg.add_sequence(name)
         return msg
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
index 182838118d1..28b93221691 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
@@ -931,6 +931,12 @@ def test_sequences(self):
         self._box.remove(key1)
         self.assertEqual(self._box.get_sequences(), {'flagged':[key0]})
 
+    def test_issue2625(self):
+        msg0 = mailbox.MHMessage(self._template % 0)
+        msg0.add_sequence('foo')
+        key0 = self._box.add(msg0)
+        refmsg0 = self._box.get_message(key0)
+
     def test_pack(self):
         # Pack the contents of the mailbox
         msg0 = mailbox.MHMessage(self._template % 0)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c7b203dd88f..465c9d0abec 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue 2625: added missing items() call to the for loop in
+  mailbox.MH.get_message().
+
 - Issue #5640: Fix _multibytecodec so that CJK codecs don't repeat
   error substitutions from non-strict codec error callbacks in
   incrementalencoder and StreamWriter.