diff --git a/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll b/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
index 6602f4615e0a..a13c49c54357 100644
--- a/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
+++ b/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
@@ -3370,6 +3370,11 @@ module MakeImpl<LocationSig Location, InputSig<Location> Lang> {
       Location getLocation() { result = p.getLocation() }
     }
 
+    pragma[nomagic]
+    private predicate stage5ConsCand(Content c, DataFlowType t, AccessPathFront apf, int len) {
+      Stage5::consCand(c, t, any(AccessPathApprox ap | ap.getFront() = apf and ap.len() = len - 1))
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the number of length 2 access path approximations that correspond to `apa`.
      */
@@ -3377,11 +3382,7 @@ module MakeImpl<LocationSig Location, InputSig<Location> Lang> {
       exists(Content c, int len |
         c = apa.getHead() and
         len = apa.len() and
-        result =
-          strictcount(DataFlowType t, AccessPathFront apf |
-            Stage5::consCand(c, t,
-              any(AccessPathApprox ap | ap.getFront() = apf and ap.len() = len - 1))
-          )
+        result = strictcount(DataFlowType t, AccessPathFront apf | stage5ConsCand(c, t, apf, len))
       )
     }