diff --git a/PyPDF2/pdf.py b/PyPDF2/pdf.py
index fb0eccdda..f932d7f15 100644
--- a/PyPDF2/pdf.py
+++ b/PyPDF2/pdf.py
@@ -2255,10 +2255,18 @@ def _contentStreamRename(stream, rename, pdf):
             return stream
         stream = ContentStream(stream, pdf)
         for operands, _operator in stream.operations:
-            for i in range(len(operands)):
-                op = operands[i]
-                if isinstance(op, NameObject):
-                    operands[i] = rename.get(op,op)
+            if isinstance(operands, list):
+                for i in range(len(operands)):
+                    op = operands[i]
+                    if isinstance(op, NameObject):
+                        operands[i] = rename.get(op,op)
+            elif isinstance(operands, dict):
+                for i in operands:
+                    op = operands[i]
+                    if isinstance(op, NameObject):
+                        operands[i] = rename.get(op,op)
+            else:
+                raise KeyError ("type of operands is %s" % type (operands))
         return stream
     _contentStreamRename = staticmethod(_contentStreamRename)