diff --git a/components/style/gecko/conversions.rs b/components/style/gecko/conversions.rs
index 5f5ee296d3a..7262a2f7f85 100644
--- a/components/style/gecko/conversions.rs
+++ b/components/style/gecko/conversions.rs
@@ -297,10 +297,10 @@ impl nsStyleImage {
             },
         };
 
-        let mut coord: nsStyleCoord = nsStyleCoord::null();
         for (index, stop) in gradient.stops.iter().enumerate() {
             // NB: stops are guaranteed to be none in the gecko side by
             // default.
+            let mut coord: nsStyleCoord = nsStyleCoord::null();
             coord.set(stop.position);
             let color = match stop.color {
                 CSSColor::CurrentColor => {
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ impl nsStyleImage {
 
             stop.mColor = color;
             stop.mIsInterpolationHint = false;
-            stop.mLocation.copy_from(&coord);
+            stop.mLocation.move_from(coord);
         }
 
         unsafe {
diff --git a/components/style/gecko_bindings/sugar/ns_style_coord.rs b/components/style/gecko_bindings/sugar/ns_style_coord.rs
index 84ea7d68456..be6a2a6f80b 100644
--- a/components/style/gecko_bindings/sugar/ns_style_coord.rs
+++ b/components/style/gecko_bindings/sugar/ns_style_coord.rs
@@ -264,6 +264,15 @@ pub trait CoordDataMut : CoordData {
         }
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    /// Moves the unit and value from another `CoordData` type.
+    fn move_from<T: CoordData>(&mut self, other: T) {
+        unsafe {
+            self.reset();
+            self.copy_from_unchecked(&other);
+        }
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     /// Copies the unit and value from another `CoordData` type without checking
     /// the type of the value (so refcounted values like calc may leak).