diff --git a/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll b/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
index 455a5b5bc13..8aa5a18650b 100644
--- a/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
+++ b/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
@@ -2154,8 +2154,7 @@ module MakeImpl<LocationSig Location, InputSig<Location> Lang> {
         pragma[nomagic]
         private predicate storeStepFwd(NodeEx node1, Ap ap1, Content c, NodeEx node2, Ap ap2) {
           fwdFlowStore(node1, _, ap1, _, c, _, _, node2, _, _, _) and
-          ap2 = apCons(c, ap1) and
-          readStepFwd(_, ap2, c, _, _)
+          readStepFwd(_, ap2, c, _, ap1)
         }
 
         pragma[nomagic]