diff --git a/components/style/sharing/checks.rs b/components/style/sharing/checks.rs
index 7c82b2550d8..6ff0bf68f51 100644
--- a/components/style/sharing/checks.rs
+++ b/components/style/sharing/checks.rs
@@ -10,26 +10,30 @@ use Atom;
 use bloom::StyleBloom;
 use context::{SelectorFlagsMap, SharedStyleContext};
 use dom::TElement;
-use servo_arc::Arc;
 use sharing::{StyleSharingCandidate, StyleSharingTarget};
 
-/// Whether styles may be shared across the children of the given parent elements.
-/// This is used to share style across cousins.
-///
-/// Both elements need to be styled already.
-pub fn can_share_style_across_parents<E>(first: Option<E>, second: Option<E>) -> bool
+/// Determines whether a target and a candidate have compatible parents for sharing.
+pub fn parents_allow_sharing<E>(
+    target: &mut StyleSharingTarget<E>,
+    candidate: &mut StyleSharingCandidate<E>
+) -> bool
     where E: TElement,
 {
-    let (first, second) = match (first, second) {
-        (Some(f), Some(s)) => (f, s),
-        _ => return false,
-    };
+    // If the identity of the parent style isn't equal, we can't share. We check
+    // this first, because the result is cached.
+    if target.parent_style_identity() != candidate.parent_style_identity() {
+        return false;
+    }
 
-    debug_assert_ne!(first, second);
-
-    let first_data = first.borrow_data().unwrap();
-    let second_data = second.borrow_data().unwrap();
+    // Siblings can always share.
+    let parent = target.inheritance_parent().unwrap();
+    let candidate_parent = candidate.element.inheritance_parent().unwrap();
+    if parent == candidate_parent {
+        return true;
+    }
 
+    // Cousins are a bit more complicated.
+    //
     // If a parent element was already styled and we traversed past it without
     // restyling it, that may be because our clever invalidation logic was able
     // to prove that the styles of that element would remain unchanged despite
@@ -40,14 +44,14 @@ pub fn can_share_style_across_parents<E>(first: Option<E>, second: Option<E>) ->
     //
     // This is a somewhat conservative check. We could tighten it by having the
     // invalidation logic explicitly flag elements for which it ellided styling.
-    if first_data.traversed_without_styling() || second_data.traversed_without_styling() {
+    let parent_data = parent.borrow_data().unwrap();
+    let candidate_parent_data = candidate_parent.borrow_data().unwrap();
+    if parent_data.traversed_without_styling() ||
+       candidate_parent_data.traversed_without_styling() {
         return false;
     }
 
-    let same_computed_values =
-        Arc::ptr_eq(first_data.styles.primary(), second_data.styles.primary());
-
-    same_computed_values
+    true
 }
 
 /// Whether two elements have the same same style attribute (by pointer identity).
diff --git a/components/style/sharing/mod.rs b/components/style/sharing/mod.rs
index 47f82e1a095..db980a8c79a 100644
--- a/components/style/sharing/mod.rs
+++ b/components/style/sharing/mod.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ use matching::MatchMethods;
 use owning_ref::OwningHandle;
 use properties::ComputedValues;
 use selectors::matching::{ElementSelectorFlags, VisitedHandlingMode};
-use servo_arc::Arc;
+use servo_arc::{Arc, NonZeroPtrMut};
 use smallbitvec::SmallBitVec;
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ pub enum StyleSharingBehavior {
     Disallow,
 }
 
+/// Opaque pointer type to compare ComputedValues identities.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct OpaqueComputedValues(NonZeroPtrMut<()>);
+impl OpaqueComputedValues {
+    fn from(cv: &ComputedValues) -> Self {
+        let p = NonZeroPtrMut::new(cv as *const ComputedValues as *const () as *mut ());
+        OpaqueComputedValues(p)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Some data we want to avoid recomputing all the time while trying to share
 /// style.
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
@@ -121,6 +131,9 @@ pub struct ValidationData {
     /// The list of presentational attributes of the element.
     pres_hints: Option<SmallVec<[ApplicableDeclarationBlock; 5]>>,
 
+    /// The pointer identity of the parent ComputedValues.
+    parent_style_identity: Option<OpaqueComputedValues>,
+
     /// The cached result of matching this entry against the revalidation
     /// selectors.
     revalidation_match_results: Option<SmallBitVec>,
@@ -167,6 +180,18 @@ impl ValidationData {
         &*self.class_list.as_ref().unwrap()
     }
 
+    /// Get or compute the parent style identity.
+    pub fn parent_style_identity<E>(&mut self, el: E) -> OpaqueComputedValues
+        where E: TElement,
+    {
+        if self.parent_style_identity.is_none() {
+            let parent = el.inheritance_parent().unwrap();
+            self.parent_style_identity =
+                Some(OpaqueComputedValues::from(parent.borrow_data().unwrap().styles.primary()));
+        }
+        self.parent_style_identity.as_ref().unwrap().clone()
+    }
+
     /// Computes the revalidation results if needed, and returns it.
     /// Inline so we know at compile time what bloom_known_valid is.
     #[inline]
@@ -250,6 +275,11 @@ impl<E: TElement> StyleSharingCandidate<E> {
         self.validation_data.pres_hints(self.element)
     }
 
+    /// Get the parent style identity.
+    fn parent_style_identity(&mut self) -> OpaqueComputedValues {
+        self.validation_data.parent_style_identity(self.element)
+    }
+
     /// Compute the bit vector of revalidation selector match results
     /// for this candidate.
     fn revalidation_match_results(
@@ -304,6 +334,11 @@ impl<E: TElement> StyleSharingTarget<E> {
         self.validation_data.pres_hints(self.element)
     }
 
+    /// Get the parent style identity.
+    fn parent_style_identity(&mut self) -> OpaqueComputedValues {
+        self.validation_data.parent_style_identity(self.element)
+    }
+
     fn revalidation_match_results(
         &mut self,
         stylist: &Stylist,
@@ -615,10 +650,7 @@ impl<E: TElement> StyleSharingCache<E> {
         // share styles and permit sharing across their children. The latter
         // check allows us to share style between cousins if the parents
         // shared style.
-        let parent = target.inheritance_parent();
-        let candidate_parent = candidate.element.inheritance_parent();
-        if parent != candidate_parent &&
-           !checks::can_share_style_across_parents(parent, candidate_parent) {
+        if !checks::parents_allow_sharing(target, candidate) {
             trace!("Miss: Parent");
             return false;
         }