diff --git a/ql/lib/semmle/go/dataflow/internal/DataFlowNodes.qll b/ql/lib/semmle/go/dataflow/internal/DataFlowNodes.qll
index 91e97270cf6..80c94cafdaa 100644
--- a/ql/lib/semmle/go/dataflow/internal/DataFlowNodes.qll
+++ b/ql/lib/semmle/go/dataflow/internal/DataFlowNodes.qll
@@ -443,7 +443,8 @@ module Public {
    */
   private DataFlow::Node getACalleeSource(DataFlow::CallNode cn) {
     result = cn.getCalleeNode() or
-    basicLocalFlowStep(result, getACalleeSource(cn))
+    basicLocalFlowStep(result, getACalleeSource(cn)) or
+    result.asExpr() = getACalleeSource(cn).asExpr().(GenericFunctionInstantiationExpr).getBase()
   }
 
   /** A data flow node that represents a call. */