diff --git a/include/picongpu/plugins/binning/BinningFunctors.hpp b/include/picongpu/plugins/binning/BinningFunctors.hpp
index 176a105030..356bdf452b 100644
--- a/include/picongpu/plugins/binning/BinningFunctors.hpp
+++ b/include/picongpu/plugins/binning/BinningFunctors.hpp
@@ -59,12 +59,11 @@ namespace picongpu
 
                 auto binsDataspace = pmacc::DataSpace<T_nAxes>{};
                 bool validIdx = true;
-                binning::apply(
-                    [&](auto const&... tupleArgs)
+                binning::applyIndexed(
+                    [&](auto const& tuple, auto... idxs)
                     {
-                        uint32_t i = 0;
                         // This assumes n_bins and getBinIdx exist
-                        ((binsDataspace[i++] = tupleArgs.getBinIdx(domainInfo, worker, particle, validIdx)), ...);
+                        ((binsDataspace[idxs] = pmacc::memory::tuple::get<idxs>(tuple).getBinIdx(domainInfo, worker, particle, validIdx)), ...);
                     },
                     std::move(axes));
 
diff --git a/include/picongpu/plugins/binning/utility.hpp b/include/picongpu/plugins/binning/utility.hpp
index 1a6acd7129..6d75fd46e9 100644
--- a/include/picongpu/plugins/binning/utility.hpp
+++ b/include/picongpu/plugins/binning/utility.hpp
@@ -32,23 +32,43 @@ namespace picongpu
         namespace detail
         {
             template<typename TFunc, typename TPmaccTuple, std::size_t... Is>
-            HDINLINE constexpr auto apply_impl(TFunc&& f, TPmaccTuple&& t, std::index_sequence<Is...>)
+            HDINLINE constexpr auto applyImpl(TFunc&& f, TPmaccTuple&& t, std::index_sequence<Is...>)
             {
-                // @todo give Is as a param to f, so compiler has knowledge
                 return std::forward<TFunc>(f)(pmacc::memory::tuple::get<Is>(std::forward<TPmaccTuple>(t))...);
             }
+
+            template<typename TFunc, typename TPmaccTuple, std::size_t... Is>
+            HDINLINE constexpr auto applyIdxImpl(TFunc&& f, TPmaccTuple&& t, std::index_sequence<Is...>)
+            {
+                return std::forward<TFunc>(f)(
+                    std::forward<TPmaccTuple>(t),
+                    std::integral_constant<std::size_t, Is>{}...);
+            }
+
+
         } // namespace detail
 
         // takes pmacc::memory::tuple::Tuple
         template<typename TFunc, typename TPmaccTuple>
         HDINLINE constexpr auto apply(TFunc&& f, TPmaccTuple&& t)
         {
-            return detail::apply_impl(
+            return detail::applyImpl(
                 std::forward<TFunc>(f),
                 std::forward<TPmaccTuple>(t),
                 std::make_index_sequence<pmacc::memory::tuple::tuple_size_v<TPmaccTuple>>{});
         }
 
+        // takes pmacc::memory::tuple::Tuple
+        template<typename TFunc, typename TPmaccTuple>
+        HDINLINE constexpr auto applyIndexed(TFunc&& f, TPmaccTuple&& t)
+        {
+            return detail::applyIdxImpl(
+                std::forward<TFunc>(f),
+                std::forward<TPmaccTuple>(t),
+                std::make_index_sequence<pmacc::memory::tuple::tuple_size_v<TPmaccTuple>>{});
+        }
+
+
         namespace detail
         {
             template<size_t... Is, typename... Args, typename Functor>