diff --git a/accessible/base/NotificationController.cpp b/accessible/base/NotificationController.cpp
index d2ebb7decb2d..d08500458221 100644
--- a/accessible/base/NotificationController.cpp
+++ b/accessible/base/NotificationController.cpp
@@ -809,7 +809,8 @@ NotificationController::WillRefresh(mozilla::TimeStamp aTime)
 
   // Process relocation list.
   for (uint32_t idx = 0; idx < mRelocations.Length(); idx++) {
-    if (mRelocations[idx]->IsInDocument()) {
+    // owner should be in a document and have na associated DOM node (docs sometimes don't)
+    if (mRelocations[idx]->IsInDocument() && mRelocations[idx]->HasOwnContent()) {
       mDocument->DoARIAOwnsRelocation(mRelocations[idx]);
     }
   }
diff --git a/accessible/tests/browser/tree/browser_aria_owns.js b/accessible/tests/browser/tree/browser_aria_owns.js
index 40587b3cd22d..06b5fe47295f 100644
--- a/accessible/tests/browser/tree/browser_aria_owns.js
+++ b/accessible/tests/browser/tree/browser_aria_owns.js
@@ -147,3 +147,22 @@ addAccessibleTask(`
     testChildrenIds(two, ["a", "b"]);
   }
 );
+
+addAccessibleTask(`<div id="a"></div><div id="b"></div>`,
+  async function(browser, accDoc) {
+    testChildrenIds(accDoc, ["a", "b"]);
+
+    let waitFor = {
+      expected: [[ EVENT_REORDER, e => e.accessible == accDoc ]]
+    };
+
+    await contentSpawnMutation(browser, waitFor, function() {
+      document.documentElement.style.display = "none";
+      document.documentElement.getBoundingClientRect();
+      document.body.setAttribute("aria-owns", "b a");
+      document.documentElement.remove();
+    });
+
+    testChildrenIds(accDoc, []);
+  }
+);