diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-tag-music b/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-tag-music
index 050823d1f..e996cb5b2 100755
--- a/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-tag-music
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-tag-music
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ class Tagger:
         return True
 
 
-def walk_files(*roots: str) -> None:
+def walk_paths(*roots: str) -> None:
     for root in roots:
         if os.path.isdir(root):
             for dir_, subdirs, files_ in os.walk(root):
@@ -818,6 +818,15 @@ def walk_files(*roots: str) -> None:
         else:
             yield root
 
+def walk_files(paths: list[str], media_type: MediaType):
+    for path_ in walk_paths(*paths):
+        file_ = MediaFile.new(path_)
+        if not file_:
+            logger.debug(f"skipping unsupported file: {path_}")
+            continue
+        if media_type is not None and not file_.is_type(media_type):
+            continue
+        yield file_
 
 def main():
     logging.basicConfig()
@@ -858,9 +867,6 @@ def main():
     if args.verbose:
         logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
-    media_type = args.type
-
-    file_paths = list(walk_files(*args.path))
     manual_tags = Tags(
         album=[args.album] if args.album else [],
         albumartist=[args.album_artist] if args.album_artist else [],
@@ -876,15 +882,7 @@ def main():
         manual_tags=manual_tags,
     )
 
-    files = []
-    for path_ in file_paths:
-        file_ = MediaFile.new(path_)
-        if not file_:
-            logger.debug(f"skipping unsupported file: {path_}")
-            continue
-        if media_type is not None and not file_.is_type(media_type):
-            continue
-        files.append(file_)
+    files = walk_files(args.path, args.type)
 
     if args.subcommand == "show":
         for f in files: