diff --git a/Code/GraphMol/CIPLabeler/CIPMol.cpp b/Code/GraphMol/CIPLabeler/CIPMol.cpp
index ed7c1798d..043b65cb1 100644
--- a/Code/GraphMol/CIPLabeler/CIPMol.cpp
+++ b/Code/GraphMol/CIPLabeler/CIPMol.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 namespace RDKit {
 namespace CIPLabeler {
 
-CIPMol::CIPMol(ROMol &mol) : d_mol{mol} {}
+CIPMol::CIPMol(ROMol &mol) : d_mol{mol} {
+  d_bonds.reserve(mol.getNumBonds());
+  std::ranges::copy(mol.bonds(), std::back_inserter(d_bonds));
+}
 
 boost::rational<int> CIPMol::getFractionalAtomicNum(Atom *atom) const {
   PRECONDITION(atom, "bad atom")
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ CXXAtomIterator<MolGraph, Atom *> CIPMol::atoms() const {
   return d_mol.atoms();
 }
 
-Bond *CIPMol::getBond(int idx) const { return d_mol.getBondWithIdx(idx); };
+Bond *CIPMol::getBond(int idx) const { return d_bonds[idx]; };
 
 CIPMolSpan<Bond *, ROMol::OEDGE_ITER> CIPMol::getBonds(Atom *atom) const {
   PRECONDITION(atom, "bad atom")
@@ -108,4 +111,4 @@ int CIPMol::getBondOrder(Bond *bond) const {
 };
 
 }  // namespace CIPLabeler
-}  // namespace RDKit
\ No newline at end of file
+}  // namespace RDKit
diff --git a/Code/GraphMol/CIPLabeler/CIPMol.h b/Code/GraphMol/CIPLabeler/CIPMol.h
index eda543846..bedd335a2 100644
--- a/Code/GraphMol/CIPLabeler/CIPMol.h
+++ b/Code/GraphMol/CIPLabeler/CIPMol.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class CIPMol {
   ROMol &d_mol;
   std::vector<RDKit::Bond::BondType> d_kekulized_bonds;
   std::vector<boost::rational<int>> d_atomnums;
+  std::vector<RDKit::Bond* > d_bonds;
 };
 
 }  // namespace CIPLabeler