diff --git a/accessible/src/base/nsAccUtils.cpp b/accessible/src/base/nsAccUtils.cpp
index d5052ff6052..94b2bed32d4 100644
--- a/accessible/src/base/nsAccUtils.cpp
+++ b/accessible/src/base/nsAccUtils.cpp
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@
 
 #include "nsAccessibilityService.h"
 #include "nsAccessibilityAtoms.h"
-#include "nsAccessible.h"
 #include "nsAccTreeWalker.h"
 #include "nsARIAMap.h"
 #include "nsDocAccessible.h"
 #include "nsHyperTextAccessible.h"
 #include "nsHTMLTableAccessible.h"
+#include "nsTextAccessible.h"
 #include "nsXULTreeGridAccessible.h"
 
 #include "nsIDOMXULContainerElement.h"
@@ -638,23 +638,9 @@ nsAccUtils::TextLength(nsAccessible *aAccessible)
   if (!IsText(aAccessible))
     return 1;
 
-  nsIFrame *frame = aAccessible->GetFrame();
-  if (frame && frame->GetType() == nsAccessibilityAtoms::textFrame) {
-    // Ensure that correct text length is calculated (with non-rendered
-    // whitespace chars not counted).
-    nsIContent *content = frame->GetContent();
-    if (content) {
-      PRUint32 length;
-      nsresult rv = nsHyperTextAccessible::
-        ContentToRenderedOffset(frame, content->TextLength(), &length);
-      if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-        NS_NOTREACHED("Failed to get rendered offset!");
-        return 0;
-      }
-
-      return length;
-    }
-  }
+  nsTextAccessible* textLeaf = aAccessible->AsTextLeaf();
+  if (textLeaf)
+    return textLeaf->Text().Length();
 
   // For list bullets (or anything other accessible which would compute its own
   // text. They don't have their own frame.