diff --git a/components/gfx/display_list/mod.rs b/components/gfx/display_list/mod.rs
index 26c6bb2c4e4..a904ee41bc2 100644
--- a/components/gfx/display_list/mod.rs
+++ b/components/gfx/display_list/mod.rs
@@ -55,11 +55,10 @@ impl DisplayList {
                       scroll_offsets: &ScrollOffsetMap)
                       -> Option<usize> {
         let mut result = Vec::new();
-        let mut translated_point = client_point.clone();
         let mut traversal = DisplayListTraversal::new(self);
         self.text_index_contents(node,
                                  &mut traversal,
-                                 &mut translated_point,
+                                 client_point,
                                  client_point,
                                  scroll_offsets,
                                  &mut result);
@@ -69,30 +68,32 @@ impl DisplayList {
     pub fn text_index_contents<'a>(&self,
                                    node: OpaqueNode,
                                    traversal: &mut DisplayListTraversal<'a>,
-                                   translated_point: &mut Point2D<Au>,
+                                   translated_point: &Point2D<Au>,
                                    client_point: &Point2D<Au>,
                                    scroll_offsets: &ScrollOffsetMap,
                                    result: &mut Vec<usize>) {
         while let Some(item) = traversal.next() {
             match item {
                 &DisplayItem::PushStackingContext(ref stacking_context_item) => {
+                    let mut point = *translated_point;
                     DisplayList::translate_point(&stacking_context_item.stacking_context,
-                                                 translated_point,
+                                                 &mut point,
                                                  client_point);
                     self.text_index_contents(node,
                                              traversal,
-                                             translated_point,
+                                             &point,
                                              client_point,
                                              scroll_offsets,
                                              result);
                 }
                 &DisplayItem::PushScrollRoot(ref item) => {
+                    let mut point = *translated_point;
                     DisplayList::scroll_root(&item.scroll_root,
-                                             translated_point,
+                                             &mut point,
                                              scroll_offsets);
                     self.text_index_contents(node,
                                              traversal,
-                                             translated_point,
+                                             &point,
                                              client_point,
                                              scroll_offsets,
                                              result);