diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/CSSStyleRule.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/CSSStyleRule.cpp
index 010953d791c..3c42b5d1558 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/CSSStyleRule.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/CSSStyleRule.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void CSSStyleRule::visit_edges(Cell::Visitor& visitor)
 }
 
 // https://drafts.csswg.org/cssom-1/#dom-cssstylerule-style
-CSSStyleProperties* CSSStyleRule::style()
+GC::Ref<CSSStyleProperties> CSSStyleRule::style()
 {
     return m_declaration;
 }
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/CSSStyleRule.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/CSSStyleRule.h
index 572be8bd494..d1f14185f2c 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/CSSStyleRule.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/CSSStyleRule.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public:
     String selector_text() const;
     void set_selector_text(StringView);
 
-    CSSStyleProperties* style();
+    GC::Ref<CSSStyleProperties> style();
 
     [[nodiscard]] FlyString const& qualified_layer_name() const { return parent_layer_internal_qualified_name(); }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp
index 07ed6c07b7e..d8a50e62e12 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp
@@ -918,11 +918,11 @@ void Element::set_shadow_root(GC::Ptr<ShadowRoot> shadow_root)
     invalidate_style(StyleInvalidationReason::ElementSetShadowRoot);
 }
 
-CSS::CSSStyleProperties* Element::style_for_bindings()
+GC::Ref<CSS::CSSStyleProperties> Element::style_for_bindings()
 {
     if (!m_inline_style)
         m_inline_style = CSS::CSSStyleProperties::create_element_inline_style({ *this }, {}, {});
-    return m_inline_style;
+    return *m_inline_style;
 }
 
 // https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#element-html-uppercased-qualified-name
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.h
index da314eda2e3..bab7dd93e25 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.h
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public:
     GC::Ptr<CSS::CSSStyleProperties> inline_style() { return m_inline_style; }
     GC::Ptr<CSS::CSSStyleProperties const> inline_style() const { return m_inline_style; }
 
-    CSS::CSSStyleProperties* style_for_bindings();
+    GC::Ref<CSS::CSSStyleProperties> style_for_bindings();
 
     CSS::StyleSheetList& document_or_shadow_root_style_sheets();
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Editing/Internal/Algorithms.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/Editing/Internal/Algorithms.cpp
index f5680fbb69c..0e039317991 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Editing/Internal/Algorithms.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Editing/Internal/Algorithms.cpp
@@ -2669,7 +2669,7 @@ void justify_the_selection(DOM::Document& document, JustifyAlignment alignment)
             element->remove_attribute_ns(Namespace::HTML, HTML::AttributeNames::align);
 
         // 2. Unset the CSS property "text-align" on element, if it's set by a style attribute.
-        auto* inline_style = element->style_for_bindings();
+        auto inline_style = element->style_for_bindings();
         MUST(inline_style->remove_property(CSS::PropertyID::TextAlign));
 
         // 3. If element is a div or span or center with no attributes, remove it, preserving its descendants.