diff --git a/components/script/dom/htmltextareaelement.rs b/components/script/dom/htmltextareaelement.rs
index 248dfa33047..1e1e04ee4cb 100755
--- a/components/script/dom/htmltextareaelement.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/htmltextareaelement.rs
@@ -59,32 +59,41 @@ pub trait LayoutHTMLTextAreaElementHelpers {
     fn value_for_layout(self) -> String;
     #[allow(unsafe_code)]
     unsafe fn selection_for_layout(self) -> Option<Range<usize>>;
-    #[allow(unsafe_code)]
     fn get_cols(self) -> u32;
-    #[allow(unsafe_code)]
     fn get_rows(self) -> u32;
 }
 
-impl LayoutHTMLTextAreaElementHelpers for LayoutDom<'_, HTMLTextAreaElement> {
-    #[allow(unsafe_code)]
-    fn value_for_layout(self) -> String {
-        let text = unsafe {
+#[allow(unsafe_code)]
+impl<'dom> LayoutDom<'dom, HTMLTextAreaElement> {
+    fn textinput_content(self) -> DOMString {
+        unsafe {
             self.unsafe_get()
                 .textinput
                 .borrow_for_layout()
                 .get_content()
-        };
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn placeholder(self) -> &'dom str {
+        unsafe { self.unsafe_get().placeholder.borrow_for_layout() }
+    }
+}
+
+impl LayoutHTMLTextAreaElementHelpers for LayoutDom<'_, HTMLTextAreaElement> {
+    fn value_for_layout(self) -> String {
+        let text = self.textinput_content();
         if text.is_empty() {
-            let placeholder = unsafe { self.unsafe_get().placeholder.borrow_for_layout() };
             // FIXME(nox): Would be cool to not allocate a new string if the
             // placeholder is single line, but that's an unimportant detail.
-            placeholder.replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "\n").into()
+            self.placeholder()
+                .replace("\r\n", "\n")
+                .replace("\r", "\n")
+                .into()
         } else {
             text.into()
         }
     }
 
-    #[allow(unrooted_must_root)]
     #[allow(unsafe_code)]
     unsafe fn selection_for_layout(self) -> Option<Range<usize>> {
         if !(*self.unsafe_get()).upcast::<Element>().focus_state() {