diff --git a/components/layout_thread/dom_wrapper.rs b/components/layout_thread/dom_wrapper.rs
index d6b33c40c99..da605b9958b 100644
--- a/components/layout_thread/dom_wrapper.rs
+++ b/components/layout_thread/dom_wrapper.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ impl<'lr> TShadowRoot for ServoShadowRoot<'lr> {
     }
 
     fn host(&self) -> ServoLayoutElement<'lr> {
-        ServoLayoutElement::from_layout_js(unsafe { self.shadow_root.get_host_for_layout() })
+        ServoLayoutElement::from_layout_js(self.shadow_root.get_host_for_layout())
     }
 
     fn style_data<'a>(&self) -> Option<&'a CascadeData>
diff --git a/components/layout_thread_2020/dom_wrapper.rs b/components/layout_thread_2020/dom_wrapper.rs
index 436a88b1d9e..c96585a4456 100644
--- a/components/layout_thread_2020/dom_wrapper.rs
+++ b/components/layout_thread_2020/dom_wrapper.rs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ impl<'lr> TShadowRoot for ServoShadowRoot<'lr> {
     }
 
     fn host(&self) -> ServoLayoutElement<'lr> {
-        ServoLayoutElement::from_layout_js(unsafe { self.shadow_root.get_host_for_layout() })
+        ServoLayoutElement::from_layout_js(self.shadow_root.get_host_for_layout())
     }
 
     fn style_data<'a>(&self) -> Option<&'a CascadeData>
diff --git a/components/script/dom/shadowroot.rs b/components/script/dom/shadowroot.rs
index 6dd2ee122e6..df9337eabcc 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/shadowroot.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/shadowroot.rs
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ impl ShadowRootMethods for ShadowRoot {
 
 #[allow(unsafe_code)]
 pub trait LayoutShadowRootHelpers<'dom> {
-    unsafe fn get_host_for_layout(self) -> LayoutDom<'dom, Element>;
+    fn get_host_for_layout(self) -> LayoutDom<'dom, Element>;
     unsafe fn get_style_data_for_layout(self) -> &'dom AuthorStyles<StyleSheetInDocument>;
     unsafe fn flush_stylesheets<E: TElement>(
         self,
@@ -253,11 +253,13 @@ pub trait LayoutShadowRootHelpers<'dom> {
 impl<'dom> LayoutShadowRootHelpers<'dom> for LayoutDom<'dom, ShadowRoot> {
     #[inline]
     #[allow(unsafe_code)]
-    unsafe fn get_host_for_layout(self) -> LayoutDom<'dom, Element> {
-        (*self.unsafe_get())
-            .host
-            .get_inner_as_layout()
-            .expect("We should never do layout on a detached shadow root")
+    fn get_host_for_layout(self) -> LayoutDom<'dom, Element> {
+        unsafe {
+            self.unsafe_get()
+                .host
+                .get_inner_as_layout()
+                .expect("We should never do layout on a detached shadow root")
+        }
     }
 
     #[inline]