diff --git a/components/script/dom/document.rs b/components/script/dom/document.rs
index 861271abe43..8e1c09c2361 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/document.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/document.rs
@@ -4655,6 +4655,11 @@ impl StyleSheetListOwner for Dom<Document> {
     /// Remove a stylesheet owned by `owner` from the list of document sheets.
     #[allow(unrooted_must_root)] // Owner needs to be rooted already necessarily.
     fn remove_stylesheet(&self, owner: &Element, s: &Arc<Stylesheet>) {
+        self.window
+            .layout_chan()
+            .send(Msg::RemoveStylesheet(s.clone()))
+            .unwrap();
+
         self.document_or_shadow_root.remove_stylesheet(
             owner,
             s,
diff --git a/components/script/dom/documentorshadowroot.rs b/components/script/dom/documentorshadowroot.rs
index 51846baa443..27d52e086c6 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/documentorshadowroot.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/documentorshadowroot.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::dom::node;
 use crate::dom::window::Window;
 use euclid::Point2D;
 use js::jsapi::JS_GetRuntime;
-use script_layout_interface::message::{Msg, NodesFromPointQueryType, QueryMsg};
+use script_layout_interface::message::{NodesFromPointQueryType, QueryMsg};
 use script_traits::UntrustedNodeAddress;
 use servo_arc::Arc;
 use std::fmt;
@@ -216,11 +216,6 @@ impl DocumentOrShadowRoot {
         s: &Arc<Stylesheet>,
         stylesheets: &mut StylesheetSet<StyleSheetInDocument>,
     ) {
-        self.window
-            .layout_chan()
-            .send(Msg::RemoveStylesheet(s.clone()))
-            .unwrap();
-
         let guard = s.shared_lock.read();
 
         // FIXME(emilio): Would be nice to remove the clone, etc.