diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/frameworks/Testing.qll b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/frameworks/Testing.qll
index fb2d85523d4..63b3234ea6c 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/frameworks/Testing.qll
+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/frameworks/Testing.qll
@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@ class BDDTest extends Test, @call_expr {
 }
 
 /**
- * Gets the test file for `f` with stem extension `stemExt`.
+ * Gets the test file for `f` with stem extension `stemExt`, where `stemExt` is "test" or "spec".
  * That is, a file named file named `<base>.<stemExt>.<ext>` in the
  * same directory as `f` which is named `<base>.<ext>`.
  */
-bindingset[stemExt]
+pragma[noinline]
 File getTestFile(File f, string stemExt) {
+  stemExt = ["test", "spec"] and
+  result.getBaseName().regexpMatch(".*\\.(test|spec)\\..*") and
   result = f.getParentContainer().getFile(f.getStem() + "." + stemExt + "." + f.getExtension())
 }