diff --git a/dom/animation/Animation.cpp b/dom/animation/Animation.cpp
index cdd124dfd43b..764178afa12b 100644
--- a/dom/animation/Animation.cpp
+++ b/dom/animation/Animation.cpp
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ class MOZ_RAII AutoMutationBatchForAnimation {
   explicit AutoMutationBatchForAnimation(
       const Animation& aAnimation MOZ_GUARD_OBJECT_NOTIFIER_PARAM) {
     MOZ_GUARD_OBJECT_NOTIFIER_INIT;
-    Maybe<NonOwningAnimationTarget> target =
-        nsNodeUtils::GetTargetForAnimation(&aAnimation);
+    Maybe<NonOwningAnimationTarget> target = aAnimation.GetTargetForAnimation();
     if (!target) {
       return;
     }
@@ -82,6 +81,15 @@ class MOZ_RAII AutoMutationBatchForAnimation {
 // Animation interface:
 //
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Maybe<NonOwningAnimationTarget> Animation::GetTargetForAnimation() const {
+  AnimationEffect* effect = GetEffect();
+  if (!effect || !effect->AsKeyframeEffect()) {
+    return Nothing();
+  }
+  return effect->AsKeyframeEffect()->GetTarget();
+}
+
 /* static */
 already_AddRefed<Animation> Animation::Constructor(
     const GlobalObject& aGlobal, AnimationEffect* aEffect,
diff --git a/dom/animation/Animation.h b/dom/animation/Animation.h
index 40eb573462cc..601a880e5a24 100644
--- a/dom/animation/Animation.h
+++ b/dom/animation/Animation.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "mozilla/DOMEventTargetHelper.h"
 #include "mozilla/EffectCompositor.h"  // For EffectCompositor::CascadeLevel
 #include "mozilla/LinkedList.h"
+#include "mozilla/Maybe.h"
 #include "mozilla/PostRestyleMode.h"
 #include "mozilla/TimeStamp.h"             // for TimeStamp, TimeDuration
 #include "mozilla/dom/AnimationBinding.h"  // for AnimationPlayState
@@ -57,6 +58,13 @@ class Animation : public DOMEventTargetHelper,
   NS_DECL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_CLASS_INHERITED(Animation, DOMEventTargetHelper)
 
   nsIGlobalObject* GetParentObject() const { return GetOwnerGlobal(); }
+
+  /**
+   * Utility function to get the target (pseudo-)element associated with an
+   * animation.
+   */
+  Maybe<NonOwningAnimationTarget> GetTargetForAnimation() const;
+
   virtual JSObject* WrapObject(JSContext* aCx,
                                JS::Handle<JSObject*> aGivenProto) override;
 
diff --git a/dom/base/nsNodeUtils.cpp b/dom/base/nsNodeUtils.cpp
index 0c36cb892c58..71de8f14f01c 100644
--- a/dom/base/nsNodeUtils.cpp
+++ b/dom/base/nsNodeUtils.cpp
@@ -221,18 +221,11 @@ void nsNodeUtils::ContentRemoved(nsINode* aContainer, nsIContent* aChild,
                              IsRemoveNotification::Yes);
 }
 
-Maybe<NonOwningAnimationTarget> nsNodeUtils::GetTargetForAnimation(
-    const dom::Animation* aAnimation) {
-  AnimationEffect* effect = aAnimation->GetEffect();
-  if (!effect || !effect->AsKeyframeEffect()) {
-    return Nothing();
-  }
-  return effect->AsKeyframeEffect()->GetTarget();
-}
+void nsNodeUtils::AnimationMutated(
+    dom::Animation* aAnimation, AnimationMutationType aMutatedType) {
+  MOZ_ASSERT(aAnimation);
 
-void nsNodeUtils::AnimationMutated(dom::Animation* aAnimation,
-                                   AnimationMutationType aMutatedType) {
-  Maybe<NonOwningAnimationTarget> target = GetTargetForAnimation(aAnimation);
+  Maybe<NonOwningAnimationTarget> target = aAnimation->GetTargetForAnimation();
   if (!target) {
     return;
   }
diff --git a/dom/base/nsNodeUtils.h b/dom/base/nsNodeUtils.h
index 44fe05a949ce..fb943f323568 100644
--- a/dom/base/nsNodeUtils.h
+++ b/dom/base/nsNodeUtils.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef nsNodeUtils_h___
 #define nsNodeUtils_h___
 
-#include "mozilla/Maybe.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"  // for use in inline function (ParentChainChanged)
 #include "nsIMutationObserver.h"  // for use in inline function (ParentChainChanged)
 #include "mozilla/dom/Document.h"
@@ -134,14 +133,6 @@ class nsNodeUtils {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Utility function to get the target (pseudo-)element associated with an
-   * animation.
-   * @param aAnimation The animation whose target is what we want.
-   */
-  static mozilla::Maybe<mozilla::NonOwningAnimationTarget>
-  GetTargetForAnimation(const mozilla::dom::Animation* aAnimation);
-
   /**
    * Notify that an animation is added/changed/removed.
    * @param aAnimation The animation we added/changed/removed.