diff --git a/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h b/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h
index f1973b7a2c4f..d2c407f24019 100644
--- a/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h
+++ b/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h
@@ -1240,9 +1240,10 @@ public:
    * @param aDeep If true child elements of aNode are recursivly descended
    *              into to find text children.
    * @param aResult the result. Out param.
+   * @return false on out of memory errors, true otherwise.
    */
-  static void GetNodeTextContent(nsINode* aNode, bool aDeep,
-                                 nsAString& aResult);
+  static bool GetNodeTextContent(nsINode* aNode, bool aDeep,
+                                 nsAString& aResult) NS_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 
   /**
    * Same as GetNodeTextContents but appends the result rather than sets it.
diff --git a/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp b/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp
index c1917a99c60d..8c5e5c6d3b64 100644
--- a/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp
+++ b/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp
@@ -6587,11 +6587,11 @@ nsContentUtils::DOMWindowDumpEnabled()
 #endif
 }
 
-void
+bool
 nsContentUtils::GetNodeTextContent(nsINode* aNode, bool aDeep, nsAString& aResult)
 {
   aResult.Truncate();
-  AppendNodeTextContent(aNode, aDeep, aResult, mozilla::fallible_t());
+  return AppendNodeTextContent(aNode, aDeep, aResult, mozilla::fallible_t());
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/content/html/content/src/HTMLElement.cpp b/content/html/content/src/HTMLElement.cpp
index cebcd71615d4..f9defac70e38 100644
--- a/content/html/content/src/HTMLElement.cpp
+++ b/content/html/content/src/HTMLElement.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ HTMLElement::GetInnerHTML(nsAString& aInnerHTML)
    */
   if (mNodeInfo->Equals(nsGkAtoms::xmp) ||
       mNodeInfo->Equals(nsGkAtoms::plaintext)) {
-    nsContentUtils::GetNodeTextContent(this, false, aInnerHTML);
+    if (!nsContentUtils::GetNodeTextContent(this, false, aInnerHTML)) {
+      return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+    }
     return NS_OK;
   }
 
diff --git a/content/html/content/src/HTMLScriptElement.cpp b/content/html/content/src/HTMLScriptElement.cpp
index e9570c45edca..6621035a944b 100644
--- a/content/html/content/src/HTMLScriptElement.cpp
+++ b/content/html/content/src/HTMLScriptElement.cpp
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ HTMLScriptElement::AfterSetAttr(int32_t aNamespaceID, nsIAtom* aName,
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 HTMLScriptElement::GetInnerHTML(nsAString& aInnerHTML)
 {
-  nsContentUtils::GetNodeTextContent(this, false, aInnerHTML);
+  if (!nsContentUtils::GetNodeTextContent(this, false, aInnerHTML)) {
+    return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+  }
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/content/html/content/src/HTMLStyleElement.cpp b/content/html/content/src/HTMLStyleElement.cpp
index 5d6a01527d90..fb06bfa7f2e8 100644
--- a/content/html/content/src/HTMLStyleElement.cpp
+++ b/content/html/content/src/HTMLStyleElement.cpp
@@ -204,7 +204,9 @@ HTMLStyleElement::UnsetAttr(int32_t aNameSpaceID, nsIAtom* aAttribute,
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 HTMLStyleElement::GetInnerHTML(nsAString& aInnerHTML)
 {
-  nsContentUtils::GetNodeTextContent(this, false, aInnerHTML);
+  if (!nsContentUtils::GetNodeTextContent(this, false, aInnerHTML)) {
+    return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+  }
   return NS_OK;
 }