diff --git a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp/Entities/Field.cs b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp/Entities/Field.cs
index 0a91eb57ecdf..c2b53329c2e1 100644
--- a/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp/Entities/Field.cs
+++ b/csharp/extractor/Semmle.Extraction.CSharp/Entities/Field.cs
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ public override void Populate(TextWriter trapFile)
         private Expression AddInitializerAssignment(TextWriter trapFile, ExpressionSyntax initializer, Location loc,
             string? constValue, ref int child)
         {
-            var type = Symbol.GetAnnotatedType();
-            var simpleAssignExpr = new Expression(new ExpressionInfo(Context, type, loc, ExprKind.SIMPLE_ASSIGN, this, child++, isCompilerGenerated: true, constValue));
+            var annotatedType = Symbol.GetAnnotatedType();
+            var simpleAssignExpr = new Expression(new ExpressionInfo(Context, annotatedType, loc, ExprKind.SIMPLE_ASSIGN, this, child++, isCompilerGenerated: true, constValue));
             Expression.CreateFromNode(new ExpressionNodeInfo(Context, initializer, simpleAssignExpr, 0));
-            var access = new Expression(new ExpressionInfo(Context, type, Location, ExprKind.FIELD_ACCESS, simpleAssignExpr, 1, isCompilerGenerated: true, constValue));
+            var access = new Expression(new ExpressionInfo(Context, annotatedType, Location, ExprKind.FIELD_ACCESS, simpleAssignExpr, 1, isCompilerGenerated: true, constValue));
             trapFile.expr_access(access, this);
             return access;
         }