diff --git a/components/style/properties/declaration_block.rs b/components/style/properties/declaration_block.rs
index 5ba7f52db14..b65fc6698d6 100644
--- a/components/style/properties/declaration_block.rs
+++ b/components/style/properties/declaration_block.rs
@@ -214,16 +214,13 @@ impl PropertyDeclarationBlock {
                 if !self.declarations.iter().all(|decl| decl.0.shorthands().contains(&shorthand)) {
                     return Err(fmt::Error)
                 }
-                let success = try!(shorthand.serialize_shorthand_to_buffer(
-                    dest,
-                    self.declarations.iter()
-                                     .map(get_declaration as fn(_) -> _),
-                    &mut true)
-                );
-                if success {
-                    Ok(())
-                } else {
-                    Err(fmt::Error)
+                let iter = self.declarations.iter().map(get_declaration as fn(_) -> _);
+                match shorthand.get_shorthand_appendable_value(iter) {
+                    Some(AppendableValue::Css(css)) => dest.write_str(css),
+                    Some(AppendableValue::DeclarationsForShorthand(_, decls)) => {
+                        shorthand.longhands_to_css(decls, dest)
+                    }
+                    _ => Ok(())
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/unit/style/properties/serialization.rs b/tests/unit/style/properties/serialization.rs
index 1128f060fd9..96b0004b843 100644
--- a/tests/unit/style/properties/serialization.rs
+++ b/tests/unit/style/properties/serialization.rs
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ mod shorthand_serialization {
             let x = block.single_value_to_css("scroll-snap-type", &mut s);
 
             assert_eq!(x.is_ok(), true);
-            assert_eq!(s, "scroll-snap-type: ;");
+            assert_eq!(s, "");
         }
 
         #[test]
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ mod shorthand_serialization {
             let x = block.single_value_to_css("scroll-snap-type", &mut s);
 
             assert_eq!(x.is_ok(), true);
-            assert_eq!(s, "scroll-snap-type: mandatory;");
+            assert_eq!(s, "mandatory");
         }
     }
 }