diff --git a/modules/validations/crossing_ways.js b/modules/validations/crossing_ways.js
index 85b60a873..f04649021 100644
--- a/modules/validations/crossing_ways.js
+++ b/modules/validations/crossing_ways.js
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ export function validationCrossingWays(context) {
         return featureType === 'highway' || featureType === 'railway' || featureType === 'waterway';
     }
 
-
-    function getFeatureTypeForCrossingCheck(way, graph) {
-        var feature = getFeatureWithFeatureTypeTagsForWay(way, graph);
-        return getFeatureType(feature, graph);
-    }
-
     // discard
     var ignoredBuildings = {
         demolished: true, dismantled: true, proposed: true, razed: true
@@ -80,9 +74,7 @@ export function validationCrossingWays(context) {
     }
 
 
-    function isLegitCrossing(way1, featureType1, way2, featureType2) {
-        var tags1 = way1.tags;
-        var tags2 = way2.tags;
+    function isLegitCrossing(tags1, featureType1, tags2, featureType2) {
 
         // assume 0 by default
         var level1 = tags1.level || '0';
@@ -212,7 +204,8 @@ export function validationCrossingWays(context) {
         var edgeCrossInfos = [];
         if (way1.type !== 'way') return edgeCrossInfos;
 
-        var way1FeatureType = getFeatureTypeForCrossingCheck(way1, graph);
+        var taggedFeature1 = getFeatureWithFeatureTypeTagsForWay(way1, graph);
+        var way1FeatureType = getFeatureType(taggedFeature1, graph);
         if (way1FeatureType === null) return edgeCrossInfos;
 
         var checkedSingleCrossingWays = {};
@@ -223,7 +216,7 @@ export function validationCrossingWays(context) {
         var n1, n2, nA, nB, nAId, nBId;
         var segment1, segment2;
         var oneOnly;
-        var segmentInfos, segment2Info, way2, way2FeatureType;
+        var segmentInfos, segment2Info, way2, taggedFeature2, way2FeatureType;
         var way1Nodes = graph.childNodes(way1);
         var comparedWays = {};
         for (i = 0; i < way1Nodes.length - 1; i++) {
@@ -258,11 +251,12 @@ export function validationCrossingWays(context) {
 
                 way2 = graph.hasEntity(segment2Info.wayId);
                 if (!way2) continue;
-
+                taggedFeature2 = getFeatureWithFeatureTypeTagsForWay(way2, graph);
                 // only check crossing highway, waterway, building, and railway
-                way2FeatureType = getFeatureTypeForCrossingCheck(way2, graph);
+                way2FeatureType = getFeatureType(taggedFeature2, graph);
+
                 if (way2FeatureType === null ||
-                    isLegitCrossing(way1, way1FeatureType, way2, way2FeatureType)) {
+                    isLegitCrossing(taggedFeature1.tags, way1FeatureType, taggedFeature2.tags, way2FeatureType)) {
                     continue;
                 }