diff --git a/weboob/tools/browser2/page.py b/weboob/tools/browser2/page.py
index fcd907440105df5d4204d107e7c781e83a478e82..1d3ffa316dba0a08e8bdc557fa81600b6be1b5bb 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/browser2/page.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/browser2/page.py
@@ -662,16 +662,23 @@ def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
         return self.__iter__()
 
-    def __iter__(self):
-        self.parse(self.el)
-
+    def find_elements(self):
+        """
+        Get the nodes that will have to be processed.
+        This method can be overridden if xpath filters are not
+        sufficient.
+        """
         if self.item_xpath is not None:
             for el in self.el.xpath(self.item_xpath):
-                for obj in self.handle_element(el):
-                    if not self.flush_at_end:
-                        yield obj
+                yield el
         else:
-            for obj in self.handle_element(self.el):
+            yield self.el
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        self.parse(self.el)
+
+        for el in self.find_elements():
+            for obj in self.handle_element(el):
                 if not self.flush_at_end:
                     yield obj