diff --git a/components/style/invalidation/element/element_wrapper.rs b/components/style/invalidation/element/element_wrapper.rs
index 2cbe56bf955..8b3fb0385bb 100644
--- a/components/style/invalidation/element/element_wrapper.rs
+++ b/components/style/invalidation/element/element_wrapper.rs
@@ -351,4 +351,8 @@ impl<'a, E> Element for ElementWrapper<'a, E>
         self.element.pseudo_element_originating_element()
             .map(|e| ElementWrapper::new(e, self.snapshot_map))
     }
+
+    fn blocks_ancestor_combinators(&self) -> bool {
+        self.element.blocks_ancestor_combinators()
+    }
 }