new_wire->port_output = wire->port_output;
                new_wire->start_offset = wire->start_offset + offset;
 
-               if (wire->attributes.count(ID::src))
-                       new_wire->attributes[ID::src] = wire->attributes.at(ID::src);
+               auto it = wire->attributes.find(ID::src);
+               if (it != wire->attributes.end())
+                       new_wire->attributes.emplace(ID::src, it->second);
 
-               if (wire->attributes.count(ID::hdlname))
-                       new_wire->attributes[ID::hdlname] = wire->attributes.at(ID::hdlname);
+               it = wire->attributes.find(ID::hdlname);
+               if (it != wire->attributes.end())
+                       new_wire->attributes.emplace(ID::hdlname, it->second);
 
-               if (wire->attributes.count(ID::keep))
-                       new_wire->attributes[ID::keep] = wire->attributes.at(ID::keep);
+               it = wire->attributes.find(ID::keep);
+               if (it != wire->attributes.end())
+                       new_wire->attributes.emplace(ID::keep, it->second);
 
-               if (wire->attributes.count(ID::init)) {
-                       Const old_init = wire->attributes.at(ID::init), new_init;
+               it = wire->attributes.find(ID::init);
+               if (it != wire->attributes.end()) {
+                       Const old_init = it->second, new_init;
                        for (int i = offset; i < offset+width; i++)
                                new_init.bits.push_back(i < GetSize(old_init) ? old_init.bits.at(i) : State::Sx);
-                       new_wire->attributes[ID::init] = new_init;
+                       new_wire->attributes.emplace(ID::init, new_init);
                }
 
                std::vector<RTLIL::SigBit> sigvec = RTLIL::SigSpec(new_wire).to_sigbit_vector();