diff --git a/components/style/properties/gecko.mako.rs b/components/style/properties/gecko.mako.rs
index 38896677800..f01988ce2ba 100644
--- a/components/style/properties/gecko.mako.rs
+++ b/components/style/properties/gecko.mako.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use logical_geometry::WritingMode;
 use properties::CascadePropertyFn;
 use properties::longhands;
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug};
-use std::mem::{transmute, uninitialized, zeroed};
+use std::mem::{transmute, zeroed};
 use std::ptr;
 use std::sync::atomic::{ATOMIC_USIZE_INIT, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ fn static_assert() {
                             }
                         }
 
-                        let mut coord: nsStyleCoord = unsafe { uninitialized() };
+                        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.
diff --git a/ports/geckolib/gecko_bindings/sugar/ns_style_coord.rs b/ports/geckolib/gecko_bindings/sugar/ns_style_coord.rs
index 74d20ff3a58..881da7e0e39 100644
--- a/ports/geckolib/gecko_bindings/sugar/ns_style_coord.rs
+++ b/ports/geckolib/gecko_bindings/sugar/ns_style_coord.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,20 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 use bindings::{Gecko_ResetStyleCoord, Gecko_SetStyleCoordCalcValue, Gecko_AddRefCalcArbitraryThread};
+use std::mem;
 use structs::{nsStyleCoord_Calc, nsStyleUnit, nsStyleUnion, nsStyleCoord, nsStyleSides, nsStyleCorners};
 use structs::{nsStyleCoord_CalcValue, nscoord};
 
+impl nsStyleCoord {
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn null() -> Self {
+        // Can't construct directly because it has private fields
+        let mut coord: Self = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
+        coord.leaky_set_null();
+        coord
+    }
+}
+
 impl CoordData for nsStyleCoord {
     #[inline]
     fn unit(&self) -> nsStyleUnit {