diff --git a/sat/core/xmpp.py b/sat/core/xmpp.py
index e32acaae..e8c2c46c 100644
--- a/sat/core/xmpp.py
+++ b/sat/core/xmpp.py
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ class SatMessageProtocol(xmppim.MessageProtocol):
         if message_elt.uri is None:
             # wokkel element parsing strip out root namespace
             message_elt.defaultUri = message_elt.uri = C.NS_CLIENT
-            for c in message_elt.children:
+            for c in message_elt.elements():
                 if c.uri is None:
                     c.uri == C.NS_CLIENT
         elif message_elt.uri != C.NS_CLIENT:
diff --git a/sat/plugins/plugin_xep_0045.py b/sat/plugins/plugin_xep_0045.py
index f16f36ed..26e92114 100644
--- a/sat/plugins/plugin_xep_0045.py
+++ b/sat/plugins/plugin_xep_0045.py
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ class SatMUCClient(muc.MUCClient):
                 #      unexpected <delay> elements which break our workflow.
                 log.warning(_(u"storing the unexpected message anyway, to avoid loss"))
                 # we have to restore URI which are stripped by wokkel parsing
-                for c in message.element.children:
+                for c in message.element.elements():
                     if c.uri is None:
                         c.uri = C.NS_CLIENT
                 mess_data = self.client.messageProt.parseMessage(message.element)