diff --git a/dom/animation/EffectSet.cpp b/dom/animation/EffectSet.cpp
index bc9ee5f62295..4180ebbfcb4f 100644
--- a/dom/animation/EffectSet.cpp
+++ b/dom/animation/EffectSet.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ EffectSet::Traverse(nsCycleCollectionTraversalCallback& aCallback)
 EffectSet::GetEffectSet(const dom::Element* aElement,
                         CSSPseudoElementType aPseudoType)
 {
+  if (!aElement->MayHaveAnimations()) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
   nsIAtom* propName = GetEffectSetPropertyAtom(aPseudoType);
   return static_cast<EffectSet*>(aElement->GetProperty(propName));
 }
@@ -56,10 +60,6 @@ EffectSet::GetEffectSet(const nsIFrame* aFrame)
     return nullptr;
   }
 
-  if (!target->mElement->MayHaveAnimations()) {
-    return nullptr;
-  }
-
   return GetEffectSet(target->mElement, target->mPseudoType);
 }