diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/node.rs b/src/components/script/dom/node.rs
index 0c564cd4223..c7e291dfdf2 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/node.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/node.rs
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ impl Node<ScriptView> {
 
     pub fn GetTextContent(&self) -> DOMString {
         match self.type_id {
-          DoctypeNodeTypeId | ElementNodeTypeId(*) => {
+          ElementNodeTypeId(*) => {
             let mut content = ~"";
             for node in self.abstract.unwrap().traverse_preorder() {
                 if node.is_text() {
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ impl Node<ScriptView> {
                 characterdata.Data()
             }
           }
+          DoctypeNodeTypeId => {
+            null_string
+          }
         }
     }