diff --git a/components/script/dom/htmlscriptelement.rs b/components/script/dom/htmlscriptelement.rs
index 7b4f7a8aea0..49cf5f257ed 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/htmlscriptelement.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/htmlscriptelement.rs
@@ -524,8 +524,7 @@ impl<'a> HTMLScriptElementMethods for JSRef<'a, HTMLScriptElement> {
 
     // http://www.whatwg.org/html/#dom-script-text
     fn Text(self) -> DOMString {
-        let node: JSRef<Node> = NodeCast::from_ref(self);
-        Node::collect_text_contents(node.children().map(|c| c.root()).map(|c| c.get_unsound_ref_forever()))
+        Node::collect_text_contents(NodeCast::from_ref(self).children())
     }
 
     // http://www.whatwg.org/html/#dom-script-text
diff --git a/components/script/dom/node.rs b/components/script/dom/node.rs
index 95374e4f360..822fe4ff4e6 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/node.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/node.rs
@@ -1681,10 +1681,11 @@ impl Node {
         Temporary::from_rooted(copy.r())
     }
 
-    pub fn collect_text_contents<'a, T: Iterator<Item=JSRef<'a, Node>>>(iterator: T) -> String {
+    pub fn collect_text_contents<T: Iterator<Item=Temporary<Node>>>(iterator: T) -> String {
         let mut content = String::new();
         for node in iterator {
-            let text: Option<JSRef<Text>> = TextCast::to_ref(node);
+            let node = node.root();
+            let text = TextCast::to_ref(node.r());
             match text {
                 Some(text) => content.push_str(text.characterdata().data().as_slice()),
                 None => (),
@@ -1832,7 +1833,8 @@ impl<'a> NodeMethods for JSRef<'a, Node> {
         match self.type_id {
             NodeTypeId::DocumentFragment |
             NodeTypeId::Element(..) => {
-                let content = Node::collect_text_contents(self.traverse_preorder());
+                let content = Node::collect_text_contents(
+                    self.traverse_preorder().map(Temporary::from_rooted));
                 Some(content)
             }
             NodeTypeId::Comment |