diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/htmlelement.rs b/src/components/script/dom/htmlelement.rs
index f8a1cd96a9b..019b531ae38 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/htmlelement.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/htmlelement.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub struct HTMLElement {
 impl HTMLElementDerived for EventTarget {
     fn is_htmlelement(&self) -> bool {
         match self.type_id {
+            NodeTargetTypeId(ElementNodeTypeId(ElementTypeId)) => false,
             NodeTargetTypeId(ElementNodeTypeId(_)) => true,
             _ => false
         }