diff --git a/src/pipewire/properties.c b/src/pipewire/properties.c
index 095d92883..4543005b8 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/properties.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/properties.c
@@ -125,15 +125,14 @@ struct pw_properties *pw_properties_new(const char *key, ...)
 SPA_EXPORT
 struct pw_properties *pw_properties_new_dict(const struct spa_dict *dict)
 {
-	uint32_t i;
+	const struct spa_dict_item *it;
 	struct properties *impl;
 
 	impl = properties_new(SPA_ROUND_UP_N(dict->n_items, 16));
 	if (impl == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < dict->n_items; i++) {
-		const struct spa_dict_item *it = &dict->items[i];
+	spa_dict_for_each(it, dict) {
 		if (it->key != NULL && it->key[0] && it->value != NULL)
 			add_func(&impl->this, strdup(it->key),
 				 strdup(it->value));