diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
index 7fe616e1b60..5d0dad5cf32 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
@@ -3077,9 +3077,7 @@ module Impl<FullStateConfigSig Config> {
     private string ppType() {
       this instanceof PathNodeSink and result = ""
       or
-      this.(PathNodeMid).getAp() instanceof AccessPathNil and result = ""
-      or
-      exists(DataFlowType t | t = this.(PathNodeMid).getAp().getHead().getContainerType() |
+      exists(DataFlowType t | t = this.(PathNodeMid).getType() |
         // The `concat` becomes "" if `ppReprType` has no result.
         result = concat(" : " + ppReprType(t))
       )