diff --git a/servo/components/style/dom.rs b/servo/components/style/dom.rs
index 358d78884508..606842b52df6 100644
--- a/servo/components/style/dom.rs
+++ b/servo/components/style/dom.rs
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ pub trait TElement:
     fn has_selector_flags(&self, flags: ElementSelectorFlags) -> bool;
 
     /// Returns the search direction for relative selector invalidation, if it is on the search path.
-    fn relative_selector_search_direction(&self) -> Option<ElementSelectorFlags>;
+    fn relative_selector_search_direction(&self) -> ElementSelectorFlags;
 }
 
 /// TNode and TElement aren't Send because we want to be careful and explicit
diff --git a/servo/components/style/gecko/wrapper.rs b/servo/components/style/gecko/wrapper.rs
index d715ae97af5c..80349cdc80db 100644
--- a/servo/components/style/gecko/wrapper.rs
+++ b/servo/components/style/gecko/wrapper.rs
@@ -1794,17 +1794,17 @@ impl<'le> TElement for GeckoElement<'le> {
         self.as_node().selector_flags() & node_flags == node_flags
     }
 
-    fn relative_selector_search_direction(&self) -> Option<ElementSelectorFlags> {
+    fn relative_selector_search_direction(&self) -> ElementSelectorFlags {
         use crate::gecko_bindings::structs::NodeSelectorFlags;
         let flags = self.as_node().selector_flags();
         if (flags & NodeSelectorFlags::RelativeSelectorSearchDirectionAncestorSibling.0) != 0 {
-            Some(ElementSelectorFlags::RELATIVE_SELECTOR_SEARCH_DIRECTION_ANCESTOR_SIBLING)
+            ElementSelectorFlags::RELATIVE_SELECTOR_SEARCH_DIRECTION_ANCESTOR_SIBLING
         } else if (flags & NodeSelectorFlags::RelativeSelectorSearchDirectionAncestor.0) != 0 {
-            Some(ElementSelectorFlags::RELATIVE_SELECTOR_SEARCH_DIRECTION_ANCESTOR)
+            ElementSelectorFlags::RELATIVE_SELECTOR_SEARCH_DIRECTION_ANCESTOR
         } else if (flags & NodeSelectorFlags::RelativeSelectorSearchDirectionSibling.0) != 0 {
-            Some(ElementSelectorFlags::RELATIVE_SELECTOR_SEARCH_DIRECTION_SIBLING)
+            ElementSelectorFlags::RELATIVE_SELECTOR_SEARCH_DIRECTION_SIBLING
         } else {
-            None
+            ElementSelectorFlags::empty()
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/servo/components/style/invalidation/element/relative_selector.rs b/servo/components/style/invalidation/element/relative_selector.rs
index ccb48e349f41..da1b29de256b 100644
--- a/servo/components/style/invalidation/element/relative_selector.rs
+++ b/servo/components/style/invalidation/element/relative_selector.rs
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ impl DomMutationOperation {
     fn accept<E: TElement>(&self, d: &Dependency, e: E) -> bool {
         match self {
             Self::Insert | Self::Append | Self::Remove => {
-                e.relative_selector_search_direction().is_some()
+                !e.relative_selector_search_direction().is_empty()
             },
             // `:has(+ .a + .b)` with `.anchor + .a + .remove + .b` - `.a` would be present
             // in the search path.
             Self::SideEffectPrevSibling => {
-                e.relative_selector_search_direction().is_some() &&
+                !e.relative_selector_search_direction().is_empty() &&
                     d.right_combinator_is_next_sibling()
             },
             // If an element is being removed and would cause next-sibling match to happen,
@@ -782,11 +782,7 @@ where
 
     /// Is this element in the direction of the given relative selector search path?
     fn in_search_direction(element: &E, desired: ElementSelectorFlags) -> bool {
-        if let Some(direction) = element.relative_selector_search_direction() {
-            direction.intersects(desired)
-        } else {
-            false
-        }
+        element.relative_selector_search_direction().intersects(desired)
     }
 
     /// Handle a potential relative selector anchor.
@@ -1145,7 +1141,7 @@ where
         dep: &'a Dependency,
     ) {
         debug_assert!(dep.parent.is_some(), "Orphaned inners selector?");
-        if element.relative_selector_search_direction().is_none() {
+        if element.relative_selector_search_direction().is_empty() {
             return;
         }
         self.invalidations.push((
diff --git a/servo/ports/geckolib/glue.rs b/servo/ports/geckolib/glue.rs
index 379893e7f899..6cb87c38bfc9 100644
--- a/servo/ports/geckolib/glue.rs
+++ b/servo/ports/geckolib/glue.rs
@@ -6968,18 +6968,15 @@ fn inherit_relative_selector_search_direction(
 ) -> ElementSelectorFlags {
     let mut inherited = ElementSelectorFlags::empty();
     if let Some(parent) = parent {
-        if let Some(direction) = parent.relative_selector_search_direction() {
-            inherited |= direction
-                .intersection(ElementSelectorFlags::RELATIVE_SELECTOR_SEARCH_DIRECTION_ANCESTOR);
-        }
+        inherited |= parent
+            .relative_selector_search_direction()
+            .intersection(ElementSelectorFlags::RELATIVE_SELECTOR_SEARCH_DIRECTION_ANCESTOR);
     }
     if let Some(sibling) = prev_sibling {
-        if let Some(direction) = sibling.relative_selector_search_direction() {
-            // Inherit both, for e.g. a sibling with `:has(~.sibling .descendant)`
-            inherited |= direction.intersection(
-                ElementSelectorFlags::RELATIVE_SELECTOR_SEARCH_DIRECTION_ANCESTOR_SIBLING,
-            );
-        }
+        // Inherit both, for e.g. a sibling with `:has(~.sibling .descendant)`
+        inherited |= sibling.relative_selector_search_direction().intersection(
+            ElementSelectorFlags::RELATIVE_SELECTOR_SEARCH_DIRECTION_ANCESTOR_SIBLING,
+        );
     }
     inherited
 }
@@ -7309,13 +7306,9 @@ pub extern "C" fn Servo_StyleSet_MaybeInvalidateRelativeSelectorForInsertion(
     ) {
         (Some(prev_sibling), Some(next_sibling)) => 'sibling: {
             // If the prev sibling is not on the sibling search path, skip.
-            if prev_sibling
+            if !prev_sibling
                 .relative_selector_search_direction()
-                .map_or(true, |direction| {
-                    !direction.intersects(
-                        ElementSelectorFlags::RELATIVE_SELECTOR_SEARCH_DIRECTION_SIBLING,
-                    )
-                })
+                .intersects(ElementSelectorFlags::RELATIVE_SELECTOR_SEARCH_DIRECTION_SIBLING)
             {
                 break 'sibling;
             }
@@ -7434,7 +7427,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn Servo_StyleSet_MaybeInvalidateRelativeSelectorForRemoval(
     // This element was in-tree, so we can safely say that if it was not on
     // the relative selector search path, its removal will not invalidate any
     // relative selector.
-    if element.relative_selector_search_direction().is_none() {
+    if element.relative_selector_search_direction().is_empty() {
         return;
     }
     let following_node = following_node.map(GeckoNode);