diff --git a/components/script/dom/htmllinkelement.rs b/components/script/dom/htmllinkelement.rs
index b4f90b89b85..d29a94a11f0 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/htmllinkelement.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/htmllinkelement.rs
@@ -291,9 +291,8 @@ impl HTMLLinkElement {
         // doesn't match.
         let loader = StylesheetLoader::for_element(self.upcast());
         loader.load(StylesheetContextSource::LinkElement {
-            url: url,
             media: Some(media),
-        }, cors_setting, integrity_metadata.to_owned());
+        }, url, cors_setting, integrity_metadata.to_owned());
     }
 
     fn handle_favicon_url(&self, rel: &str, href: &str, sizes: &Option<String>) {
diff --git a/components/script/stylesheet_loader.rs b/components/script/stylesheet_loader.rs
index db21ee795fd..7f544e42d08 100644
--- a/components/script/stylesheet_loader.rs
+++ b/components/script/stylesheet_loader.rs
@@ -54,32 +54,16 @@ pub trait StylesheetOwner {
 
 pub enum StylesheetContextSource {
     // NB: `media` is just an option so we avoid cloning it.
-    LinkElement { media: Option<MediaList>, url: ServoUrl },
+    LinkElement { media: Option<MediaList>, },
     Import(Arc<StyleLocked<ImportRule>>),
 }
 
-impl StylesheetContextSource {
-    fn url(&self, document: &Document) -> ServoUrl {
-        match *self {
-            StylesheetContextSource::LinkElement { ref url, .. } => url.clone(),
-            StylesheetContextSource::Import(ref import) => {
-                let guard = document.style_shared_lock().read();
-                let import = import.read_with(&guard);
-                // Look at the parser in style::stylesheets, where we don't
-                // trigger a load if the url is invalid.
-                import.url.url()
-                    .expect("Invalid urls shouldn't enter the loader")
-                    .clone()
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// The context required for asynchronously loading an external stylesheet.
 pub struct StylesheetContext {
     /// The element that initiated the request.
     elem: Trusted<HTMLElement>,
     source: StylesheetContextSource,
+    url: ServoUrl,
     metadata: Option<Metadata>,
     /// The response body received to date.
     data: Vec<u8>,
@@ -146,7 +130,7 @@ impl FetchResponseListener for StylesheetContext {
 
             let loader = StylesheetLoader::for_element(&elem);
             match self.source {
-                StylesheetContextSource::LinkElement { ref mut media, .. } => {
+                StylesheetContextSource::LinkElement { ref mut media } => {
                     let link = elem.downcast::<HTMLLinkElement>().unwrap();
                     // We must first check whether the generations of the context and the element match up,
                     // else we risk applying the wrong stylesheet when responses come out-of-order.
@@ -209,8 +193,7 @@ impl FetchResponseListener for StylesheetContext {
             document.decrement_script_blocking_stylesheet_count();
         }
 
-        let url = self.source.url(&document);
-        document.finish_load(LoadType::Stylesheet(url));
+        document.finish_load(LoadType::Stylesheet(self.url.clone()));
 
         if let Some(any_failed) = owner.load_finished(successful) {
             let event = if any_failed { atom!("error") } else { atom!("load") };
@@ -232,15 +215,16 @@ impl<'a> StylesheetLoader<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> StylesheetLoader<'a> {
-    pub fn load(&self, source: StylesheetContextSource, cors_setting: Option<CorsSettings>,
+    pub fn load(&self, source: StylesheetContextSource, url: ServoUrl,
+                cors_setting: Option<CorsSettings>,
                 integrity_metadata: String) {
         let document = document_from_node(self.elem);
-        let url = source.url(&document);
         let gen = self.elem.downcast::<HTMLLinkElement>()
                            .map(HTMLLinkElement::get_request_generation_id);
         let context = Arc::new(Mutex::new(StylesheetContext {
             elem: Trusted::new(&*self.elem),
             source: source,
+            url: url.clone(),
             metadata: None,
             data: vec![],
             document: Trusted::new(&*document),
@@ -297,9 +281,20 @@ impl<'a> StylesheetLoader<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> StyleStylesheetLoader for StylesheetLoader<'a> {
-    fn request_stylesheet(&self, import: &Arc<StyleLocked<ImportRule>>) {
+    fn request_stylesheet(
+        &self,
+        media: MediaList,
+        make_import: &mut FnMut(MediaList) -> ImportRule,
+        make_arc: &mut FnMut(ImportRule) -> Arc<StyleLocked<ImportRule>>,
+    ) -> Arc<StyleLocked<ImportRule>> {
+        let import = make_import(media);
+        let url = import.url.url().expect("Invalid urls shouldn't enter the loader").clone();
+        let arc = make_arc(import);
+
         //TODO (mrnayak) : Whether we should use the original loader's CORS setting?
         //Fix this when spec has more details.
-        self.load(StylesheetContextSource::Import(import.clone()), None, "".to_owned())
+        self.load(StylesheetContextSource::Import(arc.clone()), url, None, "".to_owned());
+
+        arc
     }
 }
diff --git a/components/style/stylesheets.rs b/components/style/stylesheets.rs
index 95104a4df60..3d572536d7d 100644
--- a/components/style/stylesheets.rs
+++ b/components/style/stylesheets.rs
@@ -743,9 +743,31 @@ pub trait StylesheetLoader {
     ///
     /// The called code is responsible to update the `stylesheet` rules field
     /// when the sheet is done loading.
-    fn request_stylesheet(&self, import: &Arc<Locked<ImportRule>>);
+    ///
+    /// The convoluted signature allows impls to look at MediaList and ImportRule
+    /// before they’re locked, while keeping the trait object-safe.
+    fn request_stylesheet(
+        &self,
+        media: MediaList,
+        make_import: &mut FnMut(MediaList) -> ImportRule,
+        make_arc: &mut FnMut(ImportRule) -> Arc<Locked<ImportRule>>,
+    ) -> Arc<Locked<ImportRule>>;
 }
 
+struct NoOpLoader;
+
+impl StylesheetLoader for NoOpLoader {
+    fn request_stylesheet(
+        &self,
+        media: MediaList,
+        make_import: &mut FnMut(MediaList) -> ImportRule,
+        make_arc: &mut FnMut(ImportRule) -> Arc<Locked<ImportRule>>,
+    ) -> Arc<Locked<ImportRule>> {
+        make_arc(make_import(media))
+    }
+}
+
+
 struct TopLevelRuleParser<'a> {
     stylesheet_origin: Origin,
     namespaces: &'a mut Namespaces,
@@ -801,22 +823,26 @@ impl<'a> AtRuleParser for TopLevelRuleParser<'a> {
             "import" => {
                 if self.state.get() <= State::Imports {
                     self.state.set(State::Imports);
-                    let url = try!(input.expect_url_or_string());
-                    let url =
-                        try!(SpecifiedUrl::parse_from_string(url,
-                                                             &self.context));
+                    let url_string = input.expect_url_or_string()?;
+                    let specified_url = SpecifiedUrl::parse_from_string(url_string, &self.context)?;
 
-                    let media =
-                        Arc::new(self.shared_lock.wrap(parse_media_query_list(input)));
+                    let media = parse_media_query_list(input);
 
-                    let is_valid_url = url.url().is_some();
+                    let noop_loader = NoOpLoader;
+                    let is_valid_url = specified_url.url().is_some();
+                    let loader = if is_valid_url {
+                        self.loader.expect("Expected a stylesheet loader for @import")
+                    } else {
+                        &noop_loader
+                    };
 
-                    let import_rule = Arc::new(self.shared_lock.wrap(
+                    let mut specified_url = Some(specified_url);
+                    let arc = loader.request_stylesheet(media, &mut |media| {
                         ImportRule {
-                            url: url,
+                            url: specified_url.take().unwrap(),
                             stylesheet: Arc::new(Stylesheet {
                                 rules: CssRules::new(Vec::new(), self.shared_lock),
-                                media: media,
+                                media: Arc::new(self.shared_lock.wrap(media)),
                                 shared_lock: self.shared_lock.clone(),
                                 origin: self.context.stylesheet_origin,
                                 base_url: self.context.base_url.clone(),
@@ -825,15 +851,10 @@ impl<'a> AtRuleParser for TopLevelRuleParser<'a> {
                                 disabled: AtomicBool::new(false),
                             })
                         }
-                    ));
-
-                    if is_valid_url {
-                        let loader = self.loader
-                            .expect("Expected a stylesheet loader for @import");
-                        loader.request_stylesheet(&import_rule);
-                    }
-
-                    return Ok(AtRuleType::WithoutBlock(CssRule::Import(import_rule)))
+                    }, &mut |import_rule| {
+                        Arc::new(self.shared_lock.wrap(import_rule))
+                    });
+                    return Ok(AtRuleType::WithoutBlock(CssRule::Import(arc)))
                 } else {
                     self.state.set(State::Invalid);
                     return Err(())  // "@import must be before any rule but @charset"
diff --git a/ports/geckolib/stylesheet_loader.rs b/ports/geckolib/stylesheet_loader.rs
index 5e226ee54c9..d904f1b9870 100644
--- a/ports/geckolib/stylesheet_loader.rs
+++ b/ports/geckolib/stylesheet_loader.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use style::gecko::global_style_data::GLOBAL_STYLE_DATA;
 use style::gecko_bindings::bindings::Gecko_LoadStyleSheet;
 use style::gecko_bindings::structs::{Loader, ServoStyleSheet};
 use style::gecko_bindings::sugar::ownership::HasArcFFI;
+use style::media_queries::MediaList;
 use style::shared_lock::Locked;
 use style::stylesheets::{ImportRule, StylesheetLoader as StyleStylesheetLoader};
 use style_traits::ToCss;
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ impl StylesheetLoader {
 }
 
 impl StyleStylesheetLoader for StylesheetLoader {
-    fn request_stylesheet(&self, import_rule: &Arc<Locked<ImportRule>>) {
-        let global_style_data = &*GLOBAL_STYLE_DATA;
-        let guard = global_style_data.shared_lock.read();
-        let import = import_rule.read_with(&guard);
-        let (spec_bytes, spec_len) = import.url.as_slice_components()
-            .expect("Import only loads valid URLs");
-
+    fn request_stylesheet(
+        &self,
+        media: MediaList,
+        make_import: &mut FnMut(MediaList) -> ImportRule,
+        make_arc: &mut FnMut(ImportRule) -> Arc<Locked<ImportRule>>,
+    ) -> Arc<Locked<ImportRule>> {
         // TODO(emilio): We probably want to share media representation with
         // Gecko in Stylo.
         //
@@ -35,16 +34,27 @@ impl StyleStylesheetLoader for StylesheetLoader {
         // evaluate them on the main thread.
         //
         // Meanwhile, this works.
-        let media = import.stylesheet.media.read_with(&guard).to_css_string();
+        let media_string = media.to_css_string();
 
+        let import = make_import(media);
+
+        // After we get this raw pointer ImportRule will be moved into a lock and Arc
+        // and so the Arc<Url> pointer inside will also move,
+        // but the Url it points to or the allocating backing the String inside that Url won’t,
+        // so this raw pointer will still be valid.
+        let (spec_bytes, spec_len): (*const u8, usize) = import.url.as_slice_components()
+            .expect("Import only loads valid URLs");
+
+        let arc = make_arc(import);
         unsafe {
             Gecko_LoadStyleSheet(self.0,
                                  self.1,
-                                 HasArcFFI::arc_as_borrowed(import_rule),
+                                 HasArcFFI::arc_as_borrowed(&arc),
                                  spec_bytes,
                                  spec_len as u32,
-                                 media.as_bytes().as_ptr(),
-                                 media.len() as u32);
+                                 media_string.as_bytes().as_ptr(),
+                                 media_string.len() as u32);
         }
+        arc
     }
 }