diff --git a/salt/utils/network.py b/salt/utils/network.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/salt/utils/network.py
+++ b/salt/utils/network.py
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ def active_tcp():
                     sl = next(iter(iret))
                     if iret[sl]['state'] == 1:  # 1 is ESTABLISHED
                         del iret[sl]['state']
-                        ret.update(iret)
+                        ret[len(ret)] = iret[sl]
     return ret
utils/network: fix IPv6 connections overwriting IPv4 in active_tcp()