diff --git a/components/layout/wrapper.rs b/components/layout/wrapper.rs
index 6b93514ad6e..b4e78319135 100644
--- a/components/layout/wrapper.rs
+++ b/components/layout/wrapper.rs
@@ -383,11 +383,9 @@ pub struct LayoutElement<'le> {
 
 impl<'le> LayoutElement<'le> {
     pub fn style_attribute(&self) -> &'le Option<PropertyDeclarationBlock> {
-        use script::dom::element::ElementHelpers;
-        let style: &Option<PropertyDeclarationBlock> = unsafe {
-            &*(*self.element.unsafe_get()).style_attribute().borrow_for_layout()
-        };
-        style
+        unsafe {
+            &*self.element.style_attribute()
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/components/script/dom/element.rs b/components/script/dom/element.rs
index ff9864c88b8..85fe33aa5b5 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/element.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/element.rs
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ pub trait LayoutElementHelpers {
     unsafe fn html_element_in_html_document_for_layout(&self) -> bool;
     #[allow(unsafe_code)]
     unsafe fn has_attr_for_layout(&self, namespace: &Namespace, name: &Atom) -> bool;
+    fn style_attribute(&self) -> *const Option<PropertyDeclarationBlock>;
 }
 
 impl LayoutElementHelpers for LayoutJS<Element> {
@@ -528,6 +529,13 @@ impl LayoutElementHelpers for LayoutJS<Element> {
     unsafe fn has_attr_for_layout(&self, namespace: &Namespace, name: &Atom) -> bool {
         get_attr_for_layout(&*self.unsafe_get(), namespace, name).is_some()
     }
+
+    #[allow(unsafe_code)]
+    fn style_attribute(&self) -> *const Option<PropertyDeclarationBlock> {
+        unsafe {
+            (*self.unsafe_get()).style_attribute.borrow_for_layout()
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(PartialEq)]