diff --git a/global_helpers/global_helpers_test.py b/global_helpers/global_helpers_test.py
index f57b725b8..7a4262b07 100755
--- a/global_helpers/global_helpers_test.py
+++ b/global_helpers/global_helpers_test.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import string
 import sys
 import unittest
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 
 from panther_core.enriched_event import PantherEvent
 from panther_core.immutable import ImmutableCaseInsensitiveDict, ImmutableList
@@ -1420,7 +1421,11 @@ def test_deep_walk_success_random(self):
         """
         for _ in range(1000):
             data, keys, expected = self.generate_random_test_case_success()
-            self.assertEqual(p_b_h.deep_walk(data, *keys, default=""), expected)
+            result = p_b_h.deep_walk(data, *keys, default="")
+            if isinstance(result, Sequence) and not isinstance(result, str):
+                self.assertEqual(set(result), {expected})
+            else:
+                self.assertEqual(result, expected)
 
     def test_deep_walk_default_random(self):
         """
@@ -1497,7 +1502,7 @@ def test_deep_walk_manual(self):
             p_b_h.deep_walk(
                 event, "key", "very_nested", "outer_key", "nested_key2", "nested_key3", default=""
             ),
-            "value2",
+            ["value2", "value2"],
         )
         self.assertEqual(
             p_b_h.deep_walk(event, "key", "very_nested", "outer_key2", "nested_key4", default=""),
diff --git a/global_helpers/panther_base_helpers.py b/global_helpers/panther_base_helpers.py
index 4f3260939..000c91070 100644
--- a/global_helpers/panther_base_helpers.py
+++ b/global_helpers/panther_base_helpers.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import re
 from base64 import b64decode
 from binascii import Error as AsciiError
-from collections import OrderedDict
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 from datetime import datetime
 from fnmatch import fnmatch
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ def _empty_list(sub_obj: Any):
         return default if _empty_list(obj) else obj
 
     current_key = keys[0]
-    found: OrderedDict = OrderedDict()
+    found_list: list[Any] = []
 
     if isinstance(obj, Mapping):
         next_key = obj.get(current_key, None)
@@ -87,12 +86,10 @@ def _empty_list(sub_obj: Any):
             value = deep_walk(item, *keys, default=default, return_val=return_val)
             if value is not None:
                 if isinstance(value, Sequence) and not isinstance(value, str):
-                    for sub_item in value:
-                        found[sub_item] = None
+                    found_list.extend(value)
                 else:
-                    found[value] = None
+                    found_list.append(value)
 
-    found_list: list[Any] = list(found.keys())
     if not found_list:
         return default
     return {