diff --git a/browser/base/content/aboutHome.js b/browser/base/content/aboutHome.js
index 4ba3c528d7ae..544e28ebfdef 100644
--- a/browser/base/content/aboutHome.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/aboutHome.js
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ function showSnippets()
       let relocatedScript = document.createElement("script");
       relocatedScript.type = "text/javascript;version=1.8";
       relocatedScript.text = elt.text;
-      snippetsElt.replaceChild(relocatedScript, elt);
+      elt.parentNode.replaceChild(relocatedScript, elt);
     });
     snippetsElt.hidden = false;
   } else {