diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/htmlimageelement.rs b/src/components/script/dom/htmlimageelement.rs
index a049d649763..38996620b59 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/htmlimageelement.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/htmlimageelement.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use extra::url::Url;
 use servo_util::geometry::to_px;
 use layout_interface::{ContentBoxQuery, ContentBoxResponse};
 use servo_net::image_cache_task;
-use servo_net::image_cache_task::ImageCacheTask;
 use servo_util::url::parse_url;
 use servo_util::namespace::Null;
 use servo_util::str::DOMString;
@@ -66,8 +65,11 @@ impl HTMLImageElement {
 impl HTMLImageElement {
     /// Makes the local `image` member match the status of the `src` attribute and starts
     /// prefetching the image. This method must be called after `src` is changed.
-    fn update_image(&mut self, image_cache: ImageCacheTask, url: Option<Url>) {
+    fn update_image(&mut self, url: Option<Url>) {
         let elem = &mut self.htmlelement.element;
+        let document = elem.node.owner_doc();
+        let window = document.get().window.get();
+        let image_cache = &window.image_cache_task;
         let src_opt = elem.get_attribute(Null, "src").map(|x| x.get().Value());
         match src_opt {
             None => {}
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ impl HTMLImageElement {
             let document = self.htmlelement.element.node.owner_doc();
             let window = document.get().window.get();
             let url = window.page.url.as_ref().map(|&(ref url, _)| url.clone());
-            self.update_image(window.image_cache_task.clone(), url);
+            self.update_image(url);
         }
     }
 
@@ -99,9 +101,7 @@ impl HTMLImageElement {
         // This might not handle remove src attribute actually since
         // `self.update_image()` will see the missing src attribute and return early.
         if "src" == name {
-            let document = self.htmlelement.element.node.owner_doc();
-            let window = document.get().window.get();
-            self.update_image(window.image_cache_task.clone(), None);
+            self.update_image(None);
         }
     }