diff --git a/layout/base/nsCSSFrameConstructor.cpp b/layout/base/nsCSSFrameConstructor.cpp
index 3fe2393fe0f9..e26da9dc0c9b 100644
--- a/layout/base/nsCSSFrameConstructor.cpp
+++ b/layout/base/nsCSSFrameConstructor.cpp
@@ -1661,6 +1661,8 @@ nsCSSFrameConstructor::ConstructDocElementFrame(nsIPresContext*  aPresContext,
 
     NS_NewAreaFrame(areaFrame, 0);
     areaFrame->Init(*aPresContext, aDocElement, aParentFrame, styleContext, nsnull);
+    nsHTMLContainerFrame::CreateViewForFrame(*aPresContext, areaFrame,
+                                             styleContext, PR_FALSE);
 
     // The area frame is the "initial containing block"
     mInitialContainingBlock = areaFrame;
diff --git a/layout/html/style/src/nsCSSFrameConstructor.cpp b/layout/html/style/src/nsCSSFrameConstructor.cpp
index 3fe2393fe0f9..e26da9dc0c9b 100644
--- a/layout/html/style/src/nsCSSFrameConstructor.cpp
+++ b/layout/html/style/src/nsCSSFrameConstructor.cpp
@@ -1661,6 +1661,8 @@ nsCSSFrameConstructor::ConstructDocElementFrame(nsIPresContext*  aPresContext,
 
     NS_NewAreaFrame(areaFrame, 0);
     areaFrame->Init(*aPresContext, aDocElement, aParentFrame, styleContext, nsnull);
+    nsHTMLContainerFrame::CreateViewForFrame(*aPresContext, areaFrame,
+                                             styleContext, PR_FALSE);
 
     // The area frame is the "initial containing block"
     mInitialContainingBlock = areaFrame;