diff --git a/sleekxmpp/componentxmpp.py b/sleekxmpp/componentxmpp.py
index 33514859..28b58172 100755
--- a/sleekxmpp/componentxmpp.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/componentxmpp.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class ComponentXMPP(basexmpp, XMLStream):
 	def incoming_filter(self, xmlobj):
 		if xmlobj.tag.startswith('{jabber:client}'):
 			xmlobj.tag = xmlobj.tag.replace('jabber:client', 'jabber:component:accept')
-			for child in xmlobj.children():
+			for child in xmlobj.getchildren():
 				child = self.incoming_filter(child)
 		return xmlobj