diff --git a/js/src/builtin/Eval.cpp b/js/src/builtin/Eval.cpp
index 345a0f95d9e6..59fb11156063 100644
--- a/js/src/builtin/Eval.cpp
+++ b/js/src/builtin/Eval.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ ParseEvalStringAsJSON(JSContext* cx, const mozilla::Range<const CharT> chars, Mu
                      ? chars
                      : mozilla::Range<const CharT>(chars.start().get() + 1U, len - 2);
 
-    JSONParser<CharT> parser(cx, jsonChars, JSONParserBase::NoError);
+    Rooted<JSONParser<CharT>> parser(cx, JSONParser<CharT>(cx, jsonChars, JSONParserBase::NoError));
     if (!parser.parse(rval))
         return EvalJSON_Failure;
 
diff --git a/js/src/gc/RootMarking.cpp b/js/src/gc/RootMarking.cpp
index 8fade7de3974..9d1e82f31be9 100644
--- a/js/src/gc/RootMarking.cpp
+++ b/js/src/gc/RootMarking.cpp
@@ -146,10 +146,6 @@ AutoGCRooter::trace(JSTracer* trc)
         return;
       }
 
-      case JSONPARSER:
-        static_cast<js::JSONParserBase*>(this)->trace(trc);
-        return;
-
       case CUSTOM:
         static_cast<JS::CustomAutoRooter*>(this)->trace(trc);
         return;
diff --git a/js/src/json.cpp b/js/src/json.cpp
index 1e36e7516623..f97914a418e0 100644
--- a/js/src/json.cpp
+++ b/js/src/json.cpp
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ js::ParseJSONWithReviver(JSContext* cx, const mozilla::Range<const CharT> chars,
                          MutableHandleValue vp)
 {
     /* 15.12.2 steps 2-3. */
-    JSONParser<CharT> parser(cx, chars);
+    Rooted<JSONParser<CharT>> parser(cx, JSONParser<CharT>(cx, chars));
     if (!parser.parse(vp))
         return false;
 
diff --git a/js/src/jspubtd.h b/js/src/jspubtd.h
index aa9b246853e9..ca5fc7cb77a3 100644
--- a/js/src/jspubtd.h
+++ b/js/src/jspubtd.h
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ class JS_PUBLIC_API(AutoGCRooter)
         IONMASM =     -19, /* js::jit::MacroAssembler */
         WRAPVECTOR =  -20, /* js::AutoWrapperVector */
         WRAPPER =     -21, /* js::AutoWrapperRooter */
-        JSONPARSER =  -25, /* js::JSONParser */
         CUSTOM =      -26  /* js::CustomAutoRooter */
     };
 
diff --git a/js/src/vm/JSONParser.h b/js/src/vm/JSONParser.h
index ddeddad6379a..687972392b02 100644
--- a/js/src/vm/JSONParser.h
+++ b/js/src/vm/JSONParser.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace js {
 // JSONParser base class. JSONParser is templatized to work on either Latin1
 // or TwoByte input strings, JSONParserBase holds all state and methods that
 // can be shared between the two encodings.
-class MOZ_STACK_CLASS JSONParserBase : private JS::AutoGCRooter
+class MOZ_STACK_CLASS JSONParserBase
 {
   public:
     enum ErrorHandling { RaiseError, NoError };
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ class MOZ_STACK_CLASS JSONParserBase : private JS::AutoGCRooter
 #endif
 
     JSONParserBase(JSContext* cx, ErrorHandling errorHandling)
-      : JS::AutoGCRooter(cx, JSONPARSER),
-        cx(cx),
+      : cx(cx),
         errorHandling(errorHandling),
         stack(cx),
         freeElements(cx),
@@ -120,6 +119,20 @@ class MOZ_STACK_CLASS JSONParserBase : private JS::AutoGCRooter
     {}
     ~JSONParserBase();
 
+    // Allow move construction for use with Rooted.
+    JSONParserBase(JSONParserBase&& other)
+      : v(other.v),
+        cx(other.cx),
+        errorHandling(other.errorHandling),
+        stack(mozilla::Move(other.stack)),
+        freeElements(mozilla::Move(other.freeElements)),
+        freeProperties(mozilla::Move(other.freeProperties))
+#ifdef DEBUG
+      , lastToken(mozilla::Move(other.lastToken))
+#endif
+    {}
+
+
     Value numberValue() const {
         MOZ_ASSERT(lastToken == Number);
         MOZ_ASSERT(v.isNumber());
@@ -169,16 +182,16 @@ class MOZ_STACK_CLASS JSONParserBase : private JS::AutoGCRooter
     bool finishObject(MutableHandleValue vp, PropertyVector& properties);
     bool finishArray(MutableHandleValue vp, ElementVector& elements);
 
-  private:
-    friend void AutoGCRooter::trace(JSTracer* trc);
     void trace(JSTracer* trc);
 
+  private:
     JSONParserBase(const JSONParserBase& other) = delete;
     void operator=(const JSONParserBase& other) = delete;
 };
 
 template <typename CharT>
-class MOZ_STACK_CLASS JSONParser : public JSONParserBase
+class MOZ_STACK_CLASS JSONParser : public JSONParserBase,
+                                   public JS::Traceable
 {
   private:
     typedef mozilla::RangedPtr<const CharT> CharPtr;
@@ -200,6 +213,14 @@ class MOZ_STACK_CLASS JSONParser : public JSONParserBase
         MOZ_ASSERT(current <= end);
     }
 
+    /* Allow move construction for use with Rooted. */
+    JSONParser(JSONParser&& other)
+      : JSONParserBase(mozilla::Forward<JSONParser>(other)),
+        current(other.current),
+        begin(other.begin),
+        end(other.end)
+    {}
+
     /*
      * Parse the JSON data specified at construction time.  If it parses
      * successfully, store the prescribed value in *vp and return true.  If an
@@ -212,6 +233,9 @@ class MOZ_STACK_CLASS JSONParser : public JSONParserBase
      */
     bool parse(MutableHandleValue vp);
 
+    static void trace(JSONParser<CharT>* parser, JSTracer* trc) { parser->trace(trc); }
+    void trace(JSTracer* trc) { JSONParserBase::trace(trc); }
+
   private:
     template<StringType ST> Token readString();
 
@@ -233,6 +257,13 @@ class MOZ_STACK_CLASS JSONParser : public JSONParserBase
     void operator=(const JSONParser& other) = delete;
 };
 
+template <typename CharT>
+struct RootedBase<JSONParser<CharT>> {
+    bool parse(MutableHandleValue vp) {
+        return static_cast<Rooted<JSONParser<CharT>>*>(this)->get().parse(vp);
+    }
+};
+
 } /* namespace js */
 
 #endif /* vm_JSONParser_h */