diff --git a/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/security/regexp/PolynomialReDoSQuery.qll b/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/security/regexp/PolynomialReDoSQuery.qll
index 81179717e01..7ff62771462 100644
--- a/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/security/regexp/PolynomialReDoSQuery.qll
+++ b/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/security/regexp/PolynomialReDoSQuery.qll
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ private module PolynomialReDoSConfig implements DataFlow::ConfigSig {
   predicate observeDiffInformedIncrementalMode() { none() }
 
   Location getASelectedSinkLocation(DataFlow::Node sink) {
+    result = sink.(Sink).getLocation()
+    or
     result = sink.(Sink).getHighlight().getLocation()
     or
     result = sink.(Sink).getRegExp().getRootTerm().getLocation()