diff --git a/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll b/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
index bd9e3695efbd..f416c2a20e57 100644
--- a/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
+++ b/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/dataflow/internal/DataFlowImpl.qll
@@ -1160,12 +1160,19 @@ private module Cached {
   /** Holds if `n` is a flow barrier of kind `kind`. */
   cached
   predicate barrierNode(Node n, string kind) {
-    exists(string model |
-      n.(FlowSummaryNode)
-          .getSummaryNode()
-          .(FlowSummaryImpl::Private::SourceOutputNode)
-          .isEntry(kind, model)
-      // getSourceElement().(FlowBarrier).isBarrier(_, kind, _, _)
+    exists(
+      FlowSummaryImpl::Public::BarrierElement b,
+      FlowSummaryImpl::Private::SummaryComponentStack stack
+    |
+      FlowSummaryImpl::Private::barrierSpec(b, stack, kind, _)
+    |
+      n = FlowSummaryImpl::StepsInput::getSourceNode(b, stack, false)
+      or
+      // For barriers like `Argument[0]` we want to target the pre-update node
+      n =
+        FlowSummaryImpl::StepsInput::getSourceNode(b, stack, true)
+            .(PostUpdateNode)
+            .getPreUpdateNode()
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll b/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll
index ab0b3aff9ca9..850328146518 100644
--- a/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll
+++ b/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ module Input implements InputSig<Location, RustDataFlow> {
 
 private import Make<Location, RustDataFlow, Input> as Impl
 
-private module StepsInput implements Impl::Private::StepsInputSig {
+module StepsInput implements Impl::Private::StepsInputSig {
   DataFlowCall getACall(Public::SummarizedCallable sc) { result.asCall().getStaticTarget() = sc }
 
   /** Gets the argument of `source` described by `sc`, if any. */
@@ -171,18 +171,27 @@ private module StepsInput implements Impl::Private::StepsInputSig {
     result.asCfgScope() = source.getEnclosingCfgScope()
   }
 
-  RustDataFlow::Node getSourceNode(Input::SourceBase source, Impl::Private::SummaryComponentStack s) {
+  additional RustDataFlow::Node getSourceNode(
+    Input::SourceBase source, Impl::Private::SummaryComponentStack s, boolean isArgPostUpdate
+  ) {
     s.head() = Impl::Private::SummaryComponent::return(_) and
-    result.asExpr() = source.getCall()
+    result.asExpr() = source.getCall() and
+    isArgPostUpdate = false
     or
     exists(RustDataFlow::ArgumentPosition pos, Expr arg |
       s.head() = Impl::Private::SummaryComponent::parameter(pos) and
       arg = getSourceNodeArgument(source, s.tail().headOfSingleton()) and
-      result.asParameter() = getCallable(arg).getParam(pos.getPosition())
+      result.asParameter() = getCallable(arg).getParam(pos.getPosition()) and
+      isArgPostUpdate = false
     )
     or
     result.(RustDataFlow::PostUpdateNode).getPreUpdateNode().asExpr() =
-      getSourceNodeArgument(source, s.headOfSingleton())
+      getSourceNodeArgument(source, s.headOfSingleton()) and
+    isArgPostUpdate = true
+  }
+
+  RustDataFlow::Node getSourceNode(Input::SourceBase source, Impl::Private::SummaryComponentStack s) {
+    result = getSourceNode(source, s, _)
   }
 
   RustDataFlow::Node getSinkNode(Input::SinkBase sink, Impl::Private::SummaryComponent sc) {
diff --git a/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll b/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll
index d8b224b8e1af..fa20405f7882 100644
--- a/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll
+++ b/shared/dataflow/codeql/dataflow/internal/FlowSummaryImpl.qll
@@ -736,7 +736,19 @@ module Make<
       )
     }
 
-    private predicate summarySpec(string spec) {
+    private predicate isRelevantBarrier(
+      BarrierElement e, string output, string kind, Provenance provenance, string model
+    ) {
+      e.isBarrier(output, kind, provenance, model) and
+      (
+        provenance.isManual()
+        or
+        provenance.isGenerated() and
+        not exists(Provenance p | p.isManual() and e.isBarrier(_, kind, p, _))
+      )
+    }
+
+    private predicate flowSpec(string spec) {
       exists(SummarizedCallable c |
         c.propagatesFlow(spec, _, _, _, _, _)
         or
@@ -745,10 +757,12 @@ module Make<
       or
       isRelevantSource(_, spec, _, _, _)
       or
+      isRelevantBarrier(_, spec, _, _, _)
+      or
       isRelevantSink(_, spec, _, _, _)
     }
 
-    import AccessPathSyntax::AccessPath<summarySpec/1>
+    import AccessPathSyntax::AccessPath<flowSpec/1>
 
     /** Holds if specification component `token` parses as parameter `pos`. */
     predicate parseParam(AccessPathToken token, ArgumentPosition pos) {
@@ -1528,6 +1542,18 @@ module Make<
       )
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Holds if `barrier` is a relevant barrier element with output specification `outSpec`.
+     */
+    predicate barrierSpec(
+      BarrierElement barrier, SummaryComponentStack outSpec, string kind, string model
+    ) {
+      exists(string output |
+        isRelevantBarrier(barrier, output, kind, _, model) and
+        External::interpretSpec(output, outSpec)
+      )
+    }
+
     signature module TypesInputSig {
       /** Gets the type of content `c`. */
       DataFlowType getContentType(ContentSet c);