diff --git a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/security/InvalidPointerDereference/AllocationToInvalidPointer.qll b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/security/InvalidPointerDereference/AllocationToInvalidPointer.qll
index 05ca73caef4..25b456e9282 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/security/InvalidPointerDereference/AllocationToInvalidPointer.qll
+++ b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/security/InvalidPointerDereference/AllocationToInvalidPointer.qll
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ private module SizeBarrier {
     predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node source) {
       // The sources is the same as in the sources for the second
       // projection in the `AllocToInvalidPointerConfig` module.
-      hasSize(_, source, _)
+      hasSize(_, source, _) and
+      InterestingPointerAddInstruction::isInterestingSize(source)
     }
 
     /**
@@ -220,6 +221,13 @@ private module InterestingPointerAddInstruction {
       flowTo(n)
     )
   }
+
+  predicate isInterestingSize(DataFlow::Node n) {
+    exists(DataFlow::Node alloc |
+      hasSize(alloc.asConvertedExpr(), n, _) and
+      flow(alloc, _)
+    )
+  }
 }
 
 /**