diff --git a/components/selectors/context.rs b/components/selectors/context.rs
index 75abfea9f18..874d782ae88 100644
--- a/components/selectors/context.rs
+++ b/components/selectors/context.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ where
     Impl: SelectorImpl,
 {
     /// Input with the matching mode we should use when matching selectors.
-    pub matching_mode: MatchingMode,
+    matching_mode: MatchingMode,
     /// Input with the bloom filter used to fast-reject selectors.
     pub bloom_filter: Option<&'a BloomFilter>,
     /// An optional cache to speed up nth-index-like selectors.
@@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ where
         self.quirks_mode
     }
 
+    /// The matching-mode for this selector-matching operation.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn matching_mode(&self) -> MatchingMode {
+        self.matching_mode
+    }
+
     /// The case-sensitivity for class and ID selectors
     #[inline]
     pub fn classes_and_ids_case_sensitivity(&self) -> CaseSensitivity {
diff --git a/components/selectors/matching.rs b/components/selectors/matching.rs
index 6b1fae8cc32..62dcc6b8e72 100644
--- a/components/selectors/matching.rs
+++ b/components/selectors/matching.rs
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ where
 {
     // If this is the special pseudo-element mode, consume the ::pseudo-element
     // before proceeding, since the caller has already handled that part.
-    if context.matching_mode == MatchingMode::ForStatelessPseudoElement &&
+    if context.matching_mode() == MatchingMode::ForStatelessPseudoElement &&
         !context.is_nested() {
         // Consume the pseudo.
         match *iter.next().unwrap() {
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ fn matches_hover_and_active_quirk<Impl: SelectorImpl>(
     // This compound selector had a pseudo-element to the right that we
     // intentionally skipped.
     if rightmost == Rightmost::Yes &&
-        context.matching_mode == MatchingMode::ForStatelessPseudoElement {
+        context.matching_mode() == MatchingMode::ForStatelessPseudoElement {
         return MatchesHoverAndActiveQuirk::No;
     }