diff --git a/include/sta/Path.hh b/include/sta/Path.hh
index 762ea987..d9e07aaa 100644
--- a/include/sta/Path.hh
+++ b/include/sta/Path.hh
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ public:
   void checkPrevPath(const StaState *sta) const;
   void checkPrevPaths(const StaState *sta) const;
 
+  static Path *vertexPath(const Path *path,
+                          const StaState *sta);
   static Path *vertexPath(const Path &path,
                           const StaState *sta);
   static Path *vertexPath(const Vertex *vertex,
diff --git a/search/Genclks.cc b/search/Genclks.cc
index f36a150c..4b0cf0c7 100644
--- a/search/Genclks.cc
+++ b/search/Genclks.cc
@@ -1023,12 +1023,10 @@ Genclks::updateSrcPathPrevs()
       if (!src_path.isNull()) {
         const Path *p = &src_path;
         while (p) {
-          Path *src_vpath = Path::vertexPath(p->vertex(this),
-                                             p->tag(this), this);
+          Path *src_vpath = Path::vertexPath(p, this);
           Path *prev_path = p->prevPath();
           if (prev_path) {
-            Path *prev_vpath = Path::vertexPath(prev_path->vertex(this),
-                                                prev_path->tag(this), this);
+            Path *prev_vpath = Path::vertexPath(prev_path, this);
             src_vpath->setPrevPath(prev_vpath);
             src_vpath->setPrevEdgeArc(p->prevEdge(this),
                                       p->prevArc(this), this);
diff --git a/search/Path.cc b/search/Path.cc
index b2b76f37..1ce916df 100644
--- a/search/Path.cc
+++ b/search/Path.cc
@@ -473,6 +473,13 @@ Path::setIsEnum(bool is_enum)
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+Path *
+Path::vertexPath(const Path *path,
+                 const StaState *sta)
+{
+  return vertexPath(path->vertex(sta), path->tag(sta), sta);
+}
+
 Path *
 Path::vertexPath(const Path &path,
                  const StaState *sta)