diff --git a/src/openrct2/world/Footpath.cpp b/src/openrct2/world/Footpath.cpp
index 07d625172c..c5f8eb7bd2 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/world/Footpath.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/world/Footpath.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static bool entrance_has_direction(const EntranceElement& entranceElement, int32
     return entranceElement.GetDirections() & (1 << (direction & 3));
 }
 
-TileElement* MapGetFootpathElement(const CoordsXYZ& coords)
+PathElement* MapGetFootpathElement(const CoordsXYZ& coords)
 {
     TileElement* tileElement = MapGetFirstElementAt(coords);
     do
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ TileElement* MapGetFootpathElement(const CoordsXYZ& coords)
         if (tileElement == nullptr)
             break;
         if (tileElement->GetType() == TileElementType::Path && tileElement->GetBaseZ() == coords.z)
-            return tileElement;
+            return tileElement->AsPath();
     } while (!(tileElement++)->IsLastForTile());
 
     return nullptr;
diff --git a/src/openrct2/world/Footpath.h b/src/openrct2/world/Footpath.h
index 03d935d364..4d03a29a5a 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/world/Footpath.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/world/Footpath.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 class FootpathObject;
 class FootpathSurfaceObject;
 class FootpathRailingsObject;
+struct PathElement;
 
 enum
 {
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ extern const std::array<CoordsXY, NumOrthogonalDirections> DirectionOffsets;
 extern const std::array<CoordsXY, NumOrthogonalDirections> BinUseOffsets;
 extern const std::array<CoordsXY, NumOrthogonalDirections * 2> BenchUseOffsets;
 
-TileElement* MapGetFootpathElement(const CoordsXYZ& coords);
+PathElement* MapGetFootpathElement(const CoordsXYZ& coords);
 void FootpathInterruptPeeps(const CoordsXYZ& footpathPos);
 money64 FootpathProvisionalSet(
     ObjectEntryIndex type, ObjectEntryIndex railingsType, const CoordsXYZ& footpathLoc, int32_t slope,