diff --git a/ckanext/validation/helpers.py b/ckanext/validation/helpers.py
index b6c856df..972aa090 100644
--- a/ckanext/validation/helpers.py
+++ b/ckanext/validation/helpers.py
@@ -72,8 +72,14 @@ def validation_extract_report_from_errors(errors):
 
     return report, errors
 
+
 def validation_dict(validation_json):
-    return json.loads(validation_json)
+    if isinstance(validation_json, str):
+        return json.loads(validation_json)
+    else:
+        validation_temp = json.dumps(validation_json)
+        return json.loads(validation_temp)
+
 
 def dump_json_value(value, indent=None):
     """