diff --git a/src/univalue/include/univalue.h b/src/univalue/include/univalue.h
index d501c3fb699..621e9f8025e 100644
--- a/src/univalue/include/univalue.h
+++ b/src/univalue/include/univalue.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public:
     const UniValue& get_array() const;
 
     enum VType type() const { return getType(); }
-    friend const UniValue& find_value( const UniValue& obj, const std::string& name);
+    const UniValue& find_value(std::string_view key) const;
 };
 
 template <class It>
@@ -201,6 +201,6 @@ static inline bool json_isspace(int ch)
 
 extern const UniValue NullUniValue;
 
-const UniValue& find_value( const UniValue& obj, const std::string& name);
+inline const UniValue& find_value(const UniValue& obj, const std::string& name) { return obj.find_value(name); }
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_UNIVALUE_INCLUDE_UNIVALUE_H
diff --git a/src/univalue/lib/univalue.cpp b/src/univalue/lib/univalue.cpp
index 5aa39edb758..c3d19caae04 100644
--- a/src/univalue/lib/univalue.cpp
+++ b/src/univalue/lib/univalue.cpp
@@ -230,12 +230,13 @@ const char *uvTypeName(UniValue::VType t)
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-const UniValue& find_value(const UniValue& obj, const std::string& name)
+const UniValue& UniValue::find_value(std::string_view key) const
 {
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < obj.keys.size(); i++)
-        if (obj.keys[i] == name)
-            return obj.values.at(i);
-
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < keys.size(); ++i) {
+        if (keys[i] == key) {
+            return values.at(i);
+        }
+    }
     return NullUniValue;
 }