diff --git a/src/dbwrapper.cpp b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
index ff2bc8b4e8..87d46f3192 100644
--- a/src/dbwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
@@ -306,6 +306,12 @@ bool CDBWrapper::IsEmpty()
     return !(it->Valid());
 }
 
+void CDBIterator::SeekImpl(Span<const std::byte> ssKey)
+{
+    leveldb::Slice slKey(CharCast(ssKey.data()), ssKey.size());
+    piter->Seek(slKey);
+}
+
 CDBIterator::~CDBIterator() { delete piter; }
 bool CDBIterator::Valid() const { return piter->Valid(); }
 void CDBIterator::SeekToFirst() { piter->SeekToFirst(); }
diff --git a/src/dbwrapper.h b/src/dbwrapper.h
index 9016111209..aa2b31b160 100644
--- a/src/dbwrapper.h
+++ b/src/dbwrapper.h
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ private:
     const CDBWrapper &parent;
     leveldb::Iterator *piter;
 
+    void SeekImpl(Span<const std::byte> ssKey);
+
 public:
 
     /**
@@ -158,8 +160,7 @@ public:
         DataStream ssKey{};
         ssKey.reserve(DBWRAPPER_PREALLOC_KEY_SIZE);
         ssKey << key;
-        leveldb::Slice slKey(CharCast(ssKey.data()), ssKey.size());
-        piter->Seek(slKey);
+        SeekImpl(ssKey);
     }
 
     void Next();