diff --git a/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/CodegenRust.py b/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/CodegenRust.py
index 03eb8e1704e..dea8532beb5 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/CodegenRust.py
+++ b/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/CodegenRust.py
@@ -2516,7 +2516,7 @@ let _rt = RootedTraceable::new(&*raw);
 rooted!(in(cx) let obj =
     create_global_object(
         cx,
-        &Class.base as *const js::jsapi::Class as *const _,
+        &*(&Class.base as *const js::jsapi::Class as *const _),
         raw as *const libc::c_void,
         _trace));
 assert!(!obj.is_null());
diff --git a/components/script/dom/bindings/interface.rs b/components/script/dom/bindings/interface.rs
index bcc619579dc..ffb33f8f438 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/bindings/interface.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/bindings/interface.rs
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ pub type TraceHook =
 /// Create a global object with the given class.
 pub unsafe fn create_global_object(
         cx: *mut JSContext,
-        class: *const JSClass,
+        class: &'static JSClass,
         private: *const libc::c_void,
         trace: TraceHook)
         -> *mut JSObject {