diff --git a/shared/mad/codeql/mad/modelgenerator/internal/ModelGeneratorImpl.qll b/shared/mad/codeql/mad/modelgenerator/internal/ModelGeneratorImpl.qll
index f56c1b8dfff0..8d4bb4cae5a0 100644
--- a/shared/mad/codeql/mad/modelgenerator/internal/ModelGeneratorImpl.qll
+++ b/shared/mad/codeql/mad/modelgenerator/internal/ModelGeneratorImpl.qll
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ module MakeModelGenerator<
   string captureMixedFlow(DataFlowSummaryTargetApi api, boolean lift) {
     result = ContentSensitive::captureFlow(api, lift)
     or
-    not exists(ContentSensitive::captureFlow(api, lift)) and
+    not exists(ContentSensitive::captureFlow(api, _)) and
     result = captureFlow(api) and
     lift = true
   }