diff --git a/components/script/dom/element.rs b/components/script/dom/element.rs
index 4f044dbc14b..2901ce7ea20 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/element.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/element.rs
@@ -3830,7 +3830,7 @@ impl ElementMethods<crate::DomTypeHolder> for Element {
                 .html_serialize(ChildrenOnly(Some(qname)), false, vec![], can_gc)
         } else {
             self.upcast::<Node>()
-                .xml_serialize(XmlChildrenOnly(Some(qname)))
+                .xml_serialize(XmlChildrenOnly(Some(qname)))?
         };
 
         Ok(TrustedHTMLOrNullIsEmptyString::NullIsEmptyString(result))
@@ -3888,7 +3888,7 @@ impl ElementMethods<crate::DomTypeHolder> for Element {
             self.upcast::<Node>()
                 .html_serialize(IncludeNode, false, vec![], can_gc)
         } else {
-            self.upcast::<Node>().xml_serialize(XmlIncludeNode)
+            self.upcast::<Node>().xml_serialize(XmlIncludeNode)?
         };
 
         Ok(TrustedHTMLOrNullIsEmptyString::NullIsEmptyString(result))
diff --git a/components/script/dom/node.rs b/components/script/dom/node.rs
index 43e623cb72d..0b291618b19 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/node.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/node.rs
@@ -3150,17 +3150,25 @@ impl Node {
     pub(crate) fn xml_serialize(
         &self,
         traversal_scope: xml_serialize::TraversalScope,
-    ) -> DOMString {
+    ) -> Fallible<DOMString> {
         let mut writer = vec![];
         xml_serialize::serialize(
             &mut writer,
             &self,
             xml_serialize::SerializeOpts { traversal_scope },
         )
-        .expect("Cannot serialize node");
+        .map_err(|error| {
+            error!("Cannot serialize node: {error}");
+            Error::InvalidState
+        })?;
 
         // FIXME(ajeffrey): Directly convert UTF8 to DOMString
-        DOMString::from(String::from_utf8(writer).unwrap())
+        let string = DOMString::from(String::from_utf8(writer).map_err(|error| {
+            error!("Cannot serialize node: {error}");
+            Error::InvalidState
+        })?);
+
+        Ok(string)
     }
 
     /// <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/#fragment-serializing-algorithm-steps>
@@ -3168,19 +3176,19 @@ impl Node {
         &self,
         require_well_formed: bool,
         can_gc: CanGc,
-    ) -> DOMString {
+    ) -> Fallible<DOMString> {
         // Step 1. Let context document be node's node document.
         let context_document = self.owner_document();
 
         // Step 2. If context document is an HTML document, return the result of HTML fragment serialization algorithm
         // with node, false, and « ».
         if context_document.is_html_document() {
-            return self.html_serialize(
+            return Ok(self.html_serialize(
                 html_serialize::TraversalScope::ChildrenOnly(None),
                 false,
                 vec![],
                 can_gc,
-            );
+            ));
         }
 
         // Step 3. Return the XML serialization of node given require well-formed.
diff --git a/components/script/dom/shadowroot.rs b/components/script/dom/shadowroot.rs
index 4832b26e571..6e59d1af106 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/shadowroot.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/shadowroot.rs
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ impl ShadowRootMethods<crate::DomTypeHolder> for ShadowRoot {
         // algorithm steps with this and true.
         self.upcast::<Node>()
             .fragment_serialization_algorithm(true, can_gc)
+            .inspect_err(|error| warn!("fragment serialization failed: {error:?}"))
+            .unwrap_or_default()
     }
 
     /// <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/#dom-shadowroot-innerhtml>