diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
index 9df31555..e7a76b80 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
@@ -597,9 +597,15 @@ QPDF::getObjectByID(int id, int gen)
 }
 
 void
-QPDF::replaceObject(int objid, int generation, QPDFObjectHandle oh)
+QPDF::replaceObject(int id, int gen, QPDFObjectHandle replacement)
 {
-    replaceObject(QPDFObjGen(objid, generation), oh);
+    m->objects.replace(QPDFObjGen(id, gen), replacement);
+}
+
+void
+QPDF::replaceObject(QPDFObjGen const& og, QPDFObjectHandle replacement)
+{
+    m->objects.replace(og, replacement);
 }
 
 void
@@ -610,7 +616,7 @@ QPDF::replaceReserved(QPDFObjectHandle reserved, QPDFObjectHandle replacement)
     if (!(tc == ::ot_reserved || tc == ::ot_null)) {
         throw std::logic_error("replaceReserved called with non-reserved object");
     }
-    replaceObject(reserved.getObjGen(), replacement);
+    m->objects.replace(reserved.getObjGen(), replacement);
 }
 
 QPDFObjectHandle
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF_objects.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF_objects.cc
index f7f17ec9..920517db 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF_objects.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF_objects.cc
@@ -1758,13 +1758,13 @@ Objects::get_for_json(int id, int gen)
 }
 
 void
-QPDF::replaceObject(QPDFObjGen const& og, QPDFObjectHandle oh)
+Objects::replace(QPDFObjGen og, QPDFObjectHandle oh)
 {
     if (!oh || (oh.isIndirect() && !(oh.isStream() && oh.getObjGen() == og))) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF replaceObject called with indirect object");
         throw std::logic_error("QPDF::replaceObject called with indirect object handle");
     }
-    objects().update_table(og, oh.getObj());
+    update_table(og, oh.getObj());
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_objects.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_objects.hh
index c32a8853..ad12f9c4 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_objects.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_objects.hh
@@ -441,6 +441,10 @@ class QPDF::Objects
         return get(QPDFObjGen(id, gen));
     }
 
+    void erase(QPDFObjGen og);
+
+    void replace(QPDFObjGen og, QPDFObjectHandle oh);
+
     std::map<QPDFObjGen, Entry> obj_cache;
 
     QPDFObjectHandle readObjectInStream(std::shared_ptr<InputSource>& input, int obj);
@@ -469,7 +473,6 @@ class QPDF::Objects
     size_t table_size();
 
   private:
-    void erase(QPDFObjGen og);
     bool cached(QPDFObjGen og);
     bool unresolved(QPDFObjGen og);