diff --git a/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll b/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll
index 244cc573197..e6da5d3a37f 100644
--- a/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll
+++ b/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll
@@ -686,6 +686,11 @@ module Make<
         derivedFluentFlowPush(_, _, _, head, tail, _)
       }
 
+    pragma[nomagic]
+    private string getUniqueMadRepresentation(SummaryComponent c) {
+      result = strictconcat(string s | s = c.getMadRepresentation() | s, "/")
+    }
+
     /**
      * A (non-empty) stack of summary components.
      *
@@ -732,7 +737,7 @@ module Make<
         exists(SummaryComponent head, SummaryComponentStack tail |
           head = this.head() and
           tail = this.tail() and
-          result = tail.getMadRepresentation() + "." + head.getMadRepresentation()
+          result = tail.getMadRepresentation() + "." + getUniqueMadRepresentation(head)
         )
         or
         exists(SummaryComponent c |