diff --git a/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.cpp b/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.cpp
index cf06530bf771..f88315f731cc 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.cpp
+++ b/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.cpp
@@ -170,13 +170,7 @@ nsHTMLEditor::~nsHTMLEditor()
   
   // Clean up after our anonymous content -- we don't want these nodes to
   // stay around (which they would, since the frames have an owning reference).
-
-  if (mAbsolutelyPositionedObject)
-    HideGrabber();
-  if (mInlineEditedCell)
-    HideInlineTableEditingUI();
-  if (mResizedObject)
-    HideResizers();
+  HideAnonymousEditingUIs();
 
   //the autopointers will clear themselves up. 
   //but we need to also remove the listeners or we have a leak
@@ -223,6 +217,17 @@ nsHTMLEditor::~nsHTMLEditor()
   RemoveEventListeners();
 }
 
+void
+nsHTMLEditor::HideAnonymousEditingUIs()
+{
+  if (mAbsolutelyPositionedObject)
+    HideGrabber();
+  if (mInlineEditedCell)
+    HideInlineTableEditingUI();
+  if (mResizedObject)
+    HideResizers();
+}
+
 /* static */
 void
 nsHTMLEditor::Shutdown()
@@ -236,11 +241,7 @@ NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_UNLINK_BEGIN_INHERITED(nsHTMLEditor, nsPlaintextEditor)
   NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_UNLINK_NSCOMPTR(mTypeInState)
   NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_UNLINK_NSCOMPTR(mTextServices)
 
-  tmp->HideResizers();
-
-  tmp->HideGrabber();
-
-  tmp->HideInlineTableEditingUI();
+  tmp->HideAnonymousEditingUIs();
 NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_UNLINK_END
 
 NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_TRAVERSE_BEGIN_INHERITED(nsHTMLEditor, nsPlaintextEditor)
diff --git a/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.h b/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.h
index 75242bd80481..06adac7ab07d 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.h
+++ b/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.h
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ protected:
   void     SetFinalSize(PRInt32 aX, PRInt32 aY);
   void     DeleteRefToAnonymousNode(nsIDOMNode * aNode);
   void     SetResizeIncrements(PRInt32 aX, PRInt32 aY, PRInt32 aW, PRInt32 aH, PRBool aPreserveRatio);
+  void     HideAnonymousEditingUIs();
 
   /* ABSOLUTE POSITIONING */