diff --git a/src/lib/bind/accessors.html b/src/lib/bind/accessors.html
index 115dbc3633..cd8fcfbbe2 100644
--- a/src/lib/bind/accessors.html
+++ b/src/lib/bind/accessors.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 Code distributed by Google as part of the polymer project is also
 subject to an additional IP rights grant found at http://polymer.github.io/PATENTS.txt
 -->
+<link rel="import" href="../path.html">
 <script>
 
   Polymer.Bind = {
@@ -217,7 +218,8 @@
     _notedListenerFactory: function(property, path, isStructured, negated) {
       return function(target, value, targetPath) {
         if (targetPath) {
-          this._notifyPath(this._fixPath(path, property, targetPath), value);
+          var newPath = Polymer.Path.translate(property, path, targetPath);
+          this._notifyPath(newPath, value);
         } else {
           // TODO(sorvell): even though we have a `value` argument, we *must*
           // lookup the current value of the property. Multiple listeners and
diff --git a/src/standard/notify-path.html b/src/standard/notify-path.html
index afe5faeb68..d2b1f8d87a 100644
--- a/src/standard/notify-path.html
+++ b/src/standard/notify-path.html
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@
           // locate the bound node
           var node = this._nodes[effect.index];
           if (node && node._notifyPath) {
-            var p = this._fixPath(effect.name , effect.value, path);
-            node._notifyPath(p, value, true);
+            var newPath = Path.translate(effect.value, effect.name, path);
+            node._notifyPath(newPath, value, true);
           }
         }
       },
@@ -361,17 +361,13 @@
         for (var a in this._boundPaths) {
           var b = this._boundPaths[a];
           if (path.indexOf(a + '.') == 0) {
-            this._notifyPath(this._fixPath(b, a, path), value);
+            this._notifyPath(Path.translate(a, b, path), value);
           } else if (path.indexOf(b + '.') == 0) {
-            this._notifyPath(this._fixPath(a, b, path), value);
+            this._notifyPath(Path.translate(b, a, path), value);
           }
         }
       },
 
-      _fixPath: function(property, root, path) {
-        return property + path.slice(root.length);
-      },
-
       _notifyPathUp: function(path, value) {
         var rootName = Path.head(path);
         var dashCaseName = Polymer.CaseMap.camelToDashCase(rootName);