diff --git a/src/etc/inc/legacy_bindings.inc b/src/etc/inc/legacy_bindings.inc
index cd734bc54..cfe277186 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/legacy_bindings.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/legacy_bindings.inc
@@ -144,20 +144,5 @@ function legacy_move_config_list_items($source, $id, $items) {
  */
 function get_alias_description($name)
 {
-    // MVC defined aliases
-    foreach ((new \OPNsense\Firewall\Alias())->aliasIterator()  as $alias) {
-        if ($alias['name'] == $name) {
-            if (!empty($alias['descr'])) {
-                return $alias['descr'];
-            } elseif (!empty($alias['description'])) {
-                return $alias['description'];
-            } elseif (!empty($alias['content'])) {
-                $tmp = array_slice(explode("\n", $alias['content']), 0, 10);
-                asort($tmp);
-                return implode("<br/>", $tmp);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return null;
+    return OPNsense\Firewall\Util::aliasDescription($name);
 }
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/library/OPNsense/Firewall/Util.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/library/OPNsense/Firewall/Util.php
index 36f6d85c0..d0551a781 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/library/OPNsense/Firewall/Util.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/library/OPNsense/Firewall/Util.php
@@ -113,6 +113,33 @@ class Util
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * return alias descriptions
+     * @param string $name name
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function aliasDescription($name)
+    {
+        if (self::$aliasObject == null) {
+            // Cache the alias object to avoid object creation overhead.
+            self::$aliasObject = new Alias();
+        }
+        foreach (self::$aliasObject->aliasIterator()  as $alias) {
+            if ($alias['name'] == $name) {
+                if (!empty($alias['descr'])) {
+                    return $alias['descr'];
+                } elseif (!empty($alias['description'])) {
+                    return $alias['description'];
+                } elseif (!empty($alias['content'])) {
+                    $tmp = array_slice(explode("\n", $alias['content']), 0, 10);
+                    asort($tmp);
+                    return implode("<br/>", $tmp);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Fetch port alias contents, other alias types are handled using tables so there usually no need
      * to know the contents within any of the scripts.