diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/TraversableNavigable.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/TraversableNavigable.cpp
index 7c8ccc56741..9865b4b4bdc 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/TraversableNavigable.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/TraversableNavigable.cpp
@@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ TraversableNavigable::TraversableNavigable(GC::Ref<Page> page)
     : Navigable(page)
     , m_session_history_traversal_queue(vm().heap().allocate<SessionHistoryTraversalQueue>())
 {
-    auto display_list_player_type = page->client().display_list_player_type();
-    OwnPtr<Painting::DisplayListPlayerSkia> skia_player;
-    if (display_list_player_type == DisplayListPlayerType::SkiaGPUIfAvailable) {
-        m_skia_backend_context = get_skia_backend_context();
-        skia_player = make<Painting::DisplayListPlayerSkia>(m_skia_backend_context);
-    } else {
-        skia_player = make<Painting::DisplayListPlayerSkia>();
-    }
-
     if (!page->client().is_svg_page_client()) {
+        auto display_list_player_type = page->client().display_list_player_type();
+        OwnPtr<Painting::DisplayListPlayerSkia> skia_player;
+        if (display_list_player_type == DisplayListPlayerType::SkiaGPUIfAvailable) {
+            m_skia_backend_context = get_skia_backend_context();
+            skia_player = make<Painting::DisplayListPlayerSkia>(m_skia_backend_context);
+        } else {
+            skia_player = make<Painting::DisplayListPlayerSkia>();
+        }
+
         m_rendering_thread.set_skia_player(move(skia_player));
         m_rendering_thread.set_skia_backend_context(m_skia_backend_context);
         m_rendering_thread.start(display_list_player_type);