diff --git a/components/script/dom/document.rs b/components/script/dom/document.rs
index 69919fe31c9..0d60bd5906d 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/document.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/document.rs
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@ pub(crate) struct Document {
     pending_parsing_blocking_script: DomRefCell<Option<PendingScript>>,
     /// Number of stylesheets that block executing the next parser-inserted script
     script_blocking_stylesheets_count: Cell<u32>,
+    /// Number of elements that block the rendering of the page.
+    /// <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/#implicitly-potentially-render-blocking>
+    render_blocking_element_count: Cell<u32>,
     /// <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/#list-of-scripts-that-will-execute-when-the-document-has-finished-parsing>
     deferred_scripts: PendingInOrderScriptVec,
     /// <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/#list-of-scripts-that-will-execute-in-order-as-soon-as-possible>
@@ -1728,6 +1731,21 @@ impl Document {
         count_cell.set(count_cell.get() - 1);
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn render_blocking_element_count(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.render_blocking_element_count.get()
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn increment_render_blocking_element_count(&self) {
+        let count_cell = &self.render_blocking_element_count;
+        count_cell.set(count_cell.get() + 1);
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn decrement_render_blocking_element_count(&self) {
+        let count_cell = &self.render_blocking_element_count;
+        assert!(count_cell.get() > 0);
+        count_cell.set(count_cell.get() - 1);
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn invalidate_stylesheets(&self) {
         self.stylesheets.borrow_mut().force_dirty(OriginSet::all());
 
@@ -2705,6 +2723,10 @@ impl Document {
     //
     // Returns the set of reflow phases run as a [`ReflowPhasesRun`].
     pub(crate) fn update_the_rendering(&self) -> ReflowPhasesRun {
+        if self.render_blocking_element_count() > 0 {
+            return Default::default();
+        }
+
         if self.has_pending_animated_image_update.get() {
             self.image_animation_manager
                 .borrow()
@@ -3389,7 +3411,8 @@ impl Document {
             has_focus: Cell::new(has_focus),
             current_script: Default::default(),
             pending_parsing_blocking_script: Default::default(),
-            script_blocking_stylesheets_count: Cell::new(0u32),
+            script_blocking_stylesheets_count: Default::default(),
+            render_blocking_element_count: Default::default(),
             deferred_scripts: Default::default(),
             asap_in_order_scripts_list: Default::default(),
             asap_scripts_set: Default::default(),
diff --git a/components/script/dom/window.rs b/components/script/dom/window.rs
index faa60d66b7d..bbfcc635aaa 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/window.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/window.rs
@@ -2347,6 +2347,10 @@ impl Window {
             return;
         }
 
+        if document.render_blocking_element_count() > 0 {
+            return;
+        }
+
         // Checks if the html element has reftest-wait attribute present.
         // See http://testthewebforward.org/docs/reftests.html
         // and https://web-platform-tests.org/writing-tests/crashtest.html
diff --git a/components/script/stylesheet_loader.rs b/components/script/stylesheet_loader.rs
index 7744d0790f3..e921e757779 100644
--- a/components/script/stylesheet_loader.rs
+++ b/components/script/stylesheet_loader.rs
@@ -277,6 +277,15 @@ impl FetchResponseListener for StylesheetContext {
             document.decrement_script_blocking_stylesheet_count();
         }
 
+        // From <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/#link-type-stylesheet>:
+        // > A link element of this type is implicitly potentially render-blocking if the element
+        // > was created by its node document's parser.
+        if matches!(self.source, StylesheetContextSource::LinkElement { .. }) &&
+            owner.parser_inserted()
+        {
+            document.decrement_render_blocking_element_count();
+        }
+
         document.finish_load(LoadType::Stylesheet(self.url.clone()), CanGc::note());
 
         if let Some(any_failed) = owner.load_finished(successful) {
@@ -377,6 +386,15 @@ impl ElementStylesheetLoader<'_> {
             document.increment_script_blocking_stylesheet_count();
         }
 
+        // From <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/#link-type-stylesheet>:
+        // > A link element of this type is implicitly potentially render-blocking if the element
+        // > was created by its node document's parser.
+        if matches!(context.source, StylesheetContextSource::LinkElement { .. }) &&
+            owner.parser_inserted()
+        {
+            document.increment_render_blocking_element_count();
+        }
+
         // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/#default-fetch-and-process-the-linked-resource
         let global = self.element.global();
         let request = create_a_potential_cors_request(
diff --git a/tests/wpt/meta/html/dom/render-blocking/parser-inserted-stylesheet-link.html.ini b/tests/wpt/meta/html/dom/render-blocking/parser-inserted-stylesheet-link.html.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index c12f72cf6f6..00000000000
--- a/tests/wpt/meta/html/dom/render-blocking/parser-inserted-stylesheet-link.html.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[parser-inserted-stylesheet-link.html]
-  [Rendering is blocked before render-blocking resources are loaded]
-    expected: FAIL
diff --git a/tests/wpt/meta/html/dom/render-blocking/remove-attr-stylesheet-link-keeps-blocking.html.ini b/tests/wpt/meta/html/dom/render-blocking/remove-attr-stylesheet-link-keeps-blocking.html.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b6bb9f669d..00000000000
--- a/tests/wpt/meta/html/dom/render-blocking/remove-attr-stylesheet-link-keeps-blocking.html.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[remove-attr-stylesheet-link-keeps-blocking.html]
-  [Rendering is blocked before render-blocking resources are loaded]
-    expected: FAIL