diff --git a/src/mcedit2/editorcommands/find_replace.py b/src/mcedit2/editorcommands/find_replace.py
index b141f34..6aa5aee 100644
--- a/src/mcedit2/editorcommands/find_replace.py
+++ b/src/mcedit2/editorcommands/find_replace.py
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ class FindReplaceNBT(QtCore.QObject):
 
                 tag = entity.raw_tag()
 
-                for name, subtag, path in walkNBT(tag):
+                for name, subtag, path in nbt.walk(tag):
                     result = _findTag(name, subtag, path)
                     if result:
                         name, path, value = result
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ class FindReplaceNBT(QtCore.QObject):
                     continue
 
                 tag = tileEntity.raw_tag()
-                for name, subtag, path in walkNBT(tag):
+                for name, subtag, path in nbt.walk(tag):
                     result = _findTag(name, subtag, path)
                     if result:
                         name, path, value = result
@@ -647,20 +647,6 @@ class FindReplaceNBT(QtCore.QObject):
     def replaceSelected(self):
         pass
 
-def walkNBT(tag, path=None):
-    if path is None:
-        path = []
-    if tag.isCompound():
-        for name, subtag in tag.iteritems():
-            yield (name, subtag, path)
-            for result in walkNBT(subtag, path + [name]):
-                yield result
-
-    if tag.isList():
-        for i, subtag in enumerate(tag):
-            yield (i, subtag, path)
-            for result in walkNBT(subtag, path + [i]):
-                yield result
 
 
 class FindReplaceDialog(QtGui.QDialog):
diff --git a/src/mceditlib/nbt.pyx b/src/mceditlib/nbt.pyx
index f78a102..d5ab66b 100644
--- a/src/mceditlib/nbt.pyx
+++ b/src/mceditlib/nbt.pyx
@@ -935,3 +935,18 @@ def nested_string(tag, indent_string="  ", indent=0):
         result += "%s(%r)" % (tag.__class__.__name__, tag.value)
 
     return result
+
+def walk(tag, path=None):
+    if path is None:
+        path = []
+    if tag.isCompound():
+        for name, subtag in tag.iteritems():
+            yield (name, subtag, path)
+            for result in walk(subtag, path + [name]):
+                yield result
+
+    if tag.isList():
+        for i, subtag in enumerate(tag):
+            yield (i, subtag, path)
+            for result in walk(subtag, path + [i]):
+                yield result