diff --git a/unicode.h b/unicode.h
index 263260702..10a5dab01 100644
--- a/unicode.h
+++ b/unicode.h
@@ -404,7 +404,8 @@ static std::unordered_map<uint32_t, int> codepoint_type_map() {
 
 static int codepoint_type(uint32_t cp) {
     static std::unordered_map<uint32_t, int> codepoint_types = codepoint_type_map();
-    return codepoint_types.find(cp) == codepoint_types.end() ? CODEPOINT_TYPE_UNIDENTIFIED : codepoint_types.at(cp);
+    const auto it = codepoint_types.find(cp);
+    return it == codepoint_types.end() ? CODEPOINT_TYPE_UNIDENTIFIED : it->second;
 }
 
 static int codepoint_type(const std::string & utf8) {