diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/element.rs b/src/components/script/dom/element.rs
index 3a33948de15..324c034bbb7 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/element.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/element.rs
@@ -252,8 +252,11 @@ impl<'self> Element {
                       local_name: DOMString,
                       value: DOMString) {
 
-        if "style" == local_name && *namespace == namespace::Null {
-             self.style_attribute = Some(style::parse_style_attribute(value));
+        match local_name.as_slice() {
+            "style" if *namespace == namespace::Null => {
+                self.style_attribute = Some(style::parse_style_attribute(value))
+            }
+            _ => ()
         }
 
         // TODO: update owner document's id hashmap for `document.getElementById()`