diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/security/regexp/PolynomialReDoSQuery.qll b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/security/regexp/PolynomialReDoSQuery.qll
index e68fd5af415..d1baf9c4523 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/security/regexp/PolynomialReDoSQuery.qll
+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/security/regexp/PolynomialReDoSQuery.qll
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ 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).getRegExp().getLocation()