diff --git a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/security/dataflow/PolynomialReDoSQuery.qll b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/security/dataflow/PolynomialReDoSQuery.qll
index 89aa4961e6e..11ccf27d7eb 100644
--- a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/security/dataflow/PolynomialReDoSQuery.qll
+++ b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/security/dataflow/PolynomialReDoSQuery.qll
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ private module PolynomialReDoSConfig implements DataFlow::ConfigSig {
   predicate observeDiffInformedIncrementalMode() { any() }
 
   Location getASelectedSinkLocation(DataFlow::Node sink) {
+    result = sink.(Sink).getLocation()
+    or
     result = sink.(Sink).getHighlight().getLocation()
     or
     result = sink.(Sink).getABacktrackingTerm().getLocation()