diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/document.rs b/src/components/script/dom/document.rs
index f889c5ddde2..32ea8cab74f 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/document.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/document.rs
@@ -250,9 +250,7 @@ impl Document {
     }
 
     pub fn CreateTextNode(&self, abstract_self: AbstractDocument, data: &DOMString) -> AbstractNode<ScriptView> {
-        let cx = self.get_cx();
-        let text = @Text::new(null_str_as_empty(data), abstract_self);
-        unsafe { Node::as_abstract_node(cx, text) }
+        Text::new(null_str_as_empty(data), abstract_self)
     }
 
     pub fn CreateComment(&self, abstract_self: AbstractDocument, data: &DOMString) -> AbstractNode<ScriptView> {
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/text.rs b/src/components/script/dom/text.rs
index 71c538a7d6c..e0fd493d887 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/text.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/text.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
+use dom::bindings::codegen::TextBinding;
 use dom::bindings::utils::{DOMString, Fallible, null_str_as_empty};
 use dom::characterdata::CharacterData;
 use dom::document::AbstractDocument;
@@ -14,17 +15,19 @@ pub struct Text {
 }
 
 impl Text {
-    /// Creates a new HTML text node.
-    pub fn new(text: ~str, document: AbstractDocument) -> Text {
+    pub fn new_inherited(text: ~str, document: AbstractDocument) -> Text {
         Text {
             element: CharacterData::new(TextNodeTypeId, text, document)
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn new(text: ~str, document: AbstractDocument) -> AbstractNode<ScriptView> {
+        let node = Text::new_inherited(text, document);
+        Node::reflect_node(@mut node, document, TextBinding::Wrap)
+    }
+
     pub fn Constructor(owner: @mut Window, text: &DOMString) -> Fallible<AbstractNode<ScriptView>> {
-        let cx = owner.get_cx();
-        let text = @Text::new(null_str_as_empty(text), owner.Document());
-        Ok(unsafe { Node::as_abstract_node(cx, text) })
+        Ok(Text::new(null_str_as_empty(text), owner.Document()))
     }
 
     pub fn SplitText(&self, _offset: u32) -> Fallible<AbstractNode<ScriptView>> {
diff --git a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
index d9813d502f4..155b60ccf85 100644
--- a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ pub fn parse_html(cx: *JSContext,
         },
         create_text: |data: ~str| {
             debug!("create text");
-            let text = @Text::new(data, document);
-            unsafe { Node::as_abstract_node(cx, text).to_hubbub_node() }
+            let text = Text::new(data, document);
+            unsafe { text.to_hubbub_node() }
         },
         ref_node: |_| {},
         unref_node: |_| {},