diff --git a/components/script/dom/element.rs b/components/script/dom/element.rs
index 4eb53998809..60f9e378931 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/element.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/element.rs
@@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ impl Element {
         &self.prefix
     }
 
-    pub fn attrs(&self) -> Ref<Vec<JS<Attr>>> {
-        self.attrs.borrow()
+    pub fn attrs(&self) -> Ref<[JS<Attr>]> {
+        Ref::map(self.attrs.borrow(), |attrs| &**attrs)
     }
 
     pub fn style_attribute(&self) -> &DOMRefCell<Option<Arc<RwLock<PropertyDeclarationBlock>>>> {