diff --git a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/dataflow/new/internal/DataFlowDispatch.qll b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/dataflow/new/internal/DataFlowDispatch.qll
index ee797a1caa2a..64f768290e25 100644
--- a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/dataflow/new/internal/DataFlowDispatch.qll
+++ b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/dataflow/new/internal/DataFlowDispatch.qll
@@ -829,10 +829,16 @@ Function findFunctionAccordingToMro(Class cls, string name) {
   result = cls.getAMethod() and
   result.getName() = name
   or
-  not cls.getAMethod().getName() = name and
+  not class_has_method(cls, name) and
   result = findFunctionAccordingToMro(getNextClassInMro(cls), name)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Join-order helper for `findFunctionAccordingToMro` and `findFunctionAccordingToMroKnownStartingClass`.
+ */
+pragma[nomagic]
+private predicate class_has_method(Class cls, string name) { cls.getAMethod().getName() = name }
+
 /**
  * Gets a class that, from an approximated MRO calculation, might be the next class
  * after `cls` in the MRO for `startingClass`.
@@ -860,7 +866,7 @@ private Function findFunctionAccordingToMroKnownStartingClass(
   result.getName() = name and
   cls = getADirectSuperclass*(startingClass)
   or
-  not cls.getAMethod().getName() = name and
+  not class_has_method(cls, name) and
   result =
     findFunctionAccordingToMroKnownStartingClass(getNextClassInMroKnownStartingClass(cls,
         startingClass), startingClass, name)