diff --git a/components/script/dom/bindings/js.rs b/components/script/dom/bindings/js.rs
index 970281c2977..ea4a8af2f56 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/bindings/js.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/bindings/js.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ impl<T: Reflectable> Unrooted<T> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Create a new unrooted value from a `JS<T>`.
+    #[allow(unrooted_must_root)]
+    pub fn from_js(ptr: JS<T>) -> Unrooted<T> {
+        Unrooted {
+            ptr: ptr.ptr
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Get the `Reflector` for this pointer.
     pub fn reflector<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a Reflector {
         unsafe {
diff --git a/components/script/dom/formdata.rs b/components/script/dom/formdata.rs
index 85f3279aa9b..5d8e5a8f809 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/formdata.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/formdata.rs
@@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ impl<'a> FormDataMethods for JSRef<'a, FormData> {
             match (*self.data.borrow())[name][0].clone() {
                 FormDatum::StringData(ref s) => Some(eString(s.clone())),
                 FormDatum::FileData(ref f) => {
-                    Some(eFile(unsafe {
-                        Unrooted::from_raw(f.unsafe_get())
-                    }))
+                    Some(eFile(Unrooted::from_js(*f)))
                 }
             }
         } else {