diff --git a/ql/src/semmle/go/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll b/ql/src/semmle/go/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
index 9a7dc9dc1e3..1aeedf717f7 100644
--- a/ql/src/semmle/go/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
+++ b/ql/src/semmle/go/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
@@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@ private module FlowExploration {
 
   private newtype TPartialAccessPath =
     TPartialNil(DataFlowType t) or
-    TPartialCons(TypedContent tc, int len) { len in [1 .. 5] }
+    TPartialCons(TypedContent tc, int len) { len in [1 .. accessPathLimit()] }
 
   /**
    * Conceptually a list of `TypedContent`s followed by a `Type`, but only the first