diff --git a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll
index 1e8423d012b..91d50ca434d 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll
+++ b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ module SourceSinkInterpretationInput implements
     DataFlowCallable asCallable() { result.(Function) = this.asElement() }
 
     /** Gets the target of this call, if any. */
-    Element getCallTarget() { result = this.asCall().getAst().(Call).getTarget() }
+    Element getCallTarget() { result = this.asCall().getStaticCallTarget() }
 
     /** Gets a textual representation of this node. */
     string toString() {