diff --git a/src/treesit.c b/src/treesit.c
index 1f694e47201..46fbacaefe3 100644
--- a/src/treesit.c
+++ b/src/treesit.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2021-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #undef ts_node_named_descendant_for_byte_range
 #undef ts_node_next_named_sibling
 #undef ts_node_next_sibling
+#undef ts_node_parent
 #undef ts_node_prev_named_sibling
 #undef ts_node_prev_sibling
 #undef ts_node_start_byte
@@ -1895,21 +1896,15 @@ DEFUN ("treesit-node-parent",
   treesit_check_node (node);
   treesit_initialize ();
 
-  Lisp_Object return_value = Qnil;
-
   TSNode treesit_node = XTS_NODE (node)->node;
   Lisp_Object parser = XTS_NODE (node)->parser;
-  TSTreeCursor cursor;
-  if (!treesit_cursor_helper (&cursor, treesit_node, parser))
-    return return_value;
 
-  if (ts_tree_cursor_goto_parent (&cursor))
-  {
-    TSNode parent = ts_tree_cursor_current_node (&cursor);
-    return_value = make_treesit_node (parser, parent);
-  }
-  ts_tree_cursor_delete (&cursor);
-  return return_value;
+  TSNode parent = ts_node_parent (treesit_node);
+
+  if (ts_node_is_null (parent))
+    return Qnil;
+
+  return make_treesit_node (parser, parent);
 }
 
 DEFUN ("treesit-node-child",