diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/AudioBox.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/AudioBox.cpp
index c21635d19e8..69499751b78 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/AudioBox.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/AudioBox.cpp
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ AudioBox::AudioBox(DOM::Document& document, DOM::Element& element, GC::Ref<CSS::
 
 HTML::HTMLAudioElement& AudioBox::dom_node()
 {
-    return static_cast<HTML::HTMLAudioElement&>(ReplacedBox::dom_node());
+    return static_cast<HTML::HTMLAudioElement&>(*ReplacedBox::dom_node());
 }
 
 HTML::HTMLAudioElement const& AudioBox::dom_node() const
 {
-    return static_cast<HTML::HTMLAudioElement const&>(ReplacedBox::dom_node());
+    return static_cast<HTML::HTMLAudioElement const&>(*ReplacedBox::dom_node());
 }
 
 GC::Ptr<Painting::Paintable> AudioBox::create_paintable() const
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/CanvasBox.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/CanvasBox.h
index 35db61ede58..9ac48b42df4 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/CanvasBox.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/CanvasBox.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual void prepare_for_replaced_layout() override;
 
-    const HTML::HTMLCanvasElement& dom_node() const { return static_cast<const HTML::HTMLCanvasElement&>(ReplacedBox::dom_node()); }
+    HTML::HTMLCanvasElement const& dom_node() const { return static_cast<HTML::HTMLCanvasElement const&>(*ReplacedBox::dom_node()); }
 
     virtual GC::Ptr<Painting::Paintable> create_paintable() const override;
 };
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ImageBox.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ImageBox.cpp
index 591f34b2e51..741070670a1 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ImageBox.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ImageBox.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Web::Layout {
 
 GC_DEFINE_ALLOCATOR(ImageBox);
 
-ImageBox::ImageBox(DOM::Document& document, DOM::Element& element, GC::Ref<CSS::ComputedProperties> style, ImageProvider const& image_provider)
+ImageBox::ImageBox(DOM::Document& document, GC::Ptr<DOM::Element> element, GC::Ref<CSS::ComputedProperties> style, ImageProvider const& image_provider)
     : ReplacedBox(document, element, move(style))
     , m_image_provider(image_provider)
 {
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ void ImageBox::prepare_for_replaced_layout()
     set_natural_aspect_ratio(m_image_provider.intrinsic_aspect_ratio());
 
     if (renders_as_alt_text()) {
-        auto const& element = as<HTML::HTMLElement>(dom_node());
-        auto alt = element.get_attribute_value(HTML::AttributeNames::alt);
+        String alt;
+        if (auto element = dom_node())
+            alt = element->get_attribute_value(HTML::AttributeNames::alt);
 
         if (alt.is_empty()) {
             set_natural_width(0);
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ void ImageBox::dom_node_did_update_alt_text(Badge<ImageProvider>)
 
 bool ImageBox::renders_as_alt_text() const
 {
-    if (auto const* image_provider = dynamic_cast<ImageProvider const*>(&dom_node()))
+    if (auto const* image_provider = dynamic_cast<ImageProvider const*>(dom_node().ptr()))
         return !image_provider->is_image_available();
     return false;
 }
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ImageBox.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ImageBox.h
index 294960d3663..1f61b0739d5 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ImageBox.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ImageBox.h
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@ class ImageBox final : public ReplacedBox {
     GC_DECLARE_ALLOCATOR(ImageBox);
 
 public:
-    ImageBox(DOM::Document&, DOM::Element&, GC::Ref<CSS::ComputedProperties>, ImageProvider const&);
+    ImageBox(DOM::Document&, GC::Ptr<DOM::Element>, GC::Ref<CSS::ComputedProperties>, ImageProvider const&);
     virtual ~ImageBox() override;
 
     virtual void prepare_for_replaced_layout() override;
 
-    const DOM::Element& dom_node() const { return static_cast<const DOM::Element&>(ReplacedBox::dom_node()); }
-
     bool renders_as_alt_text() const;
 
     virtual GC::Ptr<Painting::Paintable> create_paintable() const override;
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LabelableNode.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LabelableNode.h
index a052bcd6ab8..b03bf726833 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LabelableNode.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LabelableNode.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ public:
     Painting::LabelablePaintable* paintable();
     Painting::LabelablePaintable const* paintable() const;
 
+    DOM::Element const& dom_node() const { return *ReplacedBox::dom_node(); }
+    DOM::Element& dom_node() { return *ReplacedBox::dom_node(); }
+
 protected:
     LabelableNode(DOM::Document& document, DOM::Element& element, GC::Ref<CSS::ComputedProperties> style)
         : ReplacedBox(document, element, move(style))
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/NavigableContainerViewport.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/NavigableContainerViewport.h
index e548c0f52a0..bc756d1a9f1 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/NavigableContainerViewport.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/NavigableContainerViewport.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ public:
 
     virtual void prepare_for_replaced_layout() override;
 
-    [[nodiscard]] HTML::NavigableContainer const& dom_node() const { return as<HTML::NavigableContainer>(ReplacedBox::dom_node()); }
-    [[nodiscard]] HTML::NavigableContainer& dom_node() { return as<HTML::NavigableContainer>(ReplacedBox::dom_node()); }
+    [[nodiscard]] HTML::NavigableContainer const& dom_node() const { return as<HTML::NavigableContainer>(*ReplacedBox::dom_node()); }
+    [[nodiscard]] HTML::NavigableContainer& dom_node() { return as<HTML::NavigableContainer>(*ReplacedBox::dom_node()); }
 
     virtual GC::Ptr<Painting::Paintable> create_paintable() const override;
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ReplacedBox.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ReplacedBox.cpp
index a829e7ad391..5a7810940b7 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ReplacedBox.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ReplacedBox.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 
 namespace Web::Layout {
 
-ReplacedBox::ReplacedBox(DOM::Document& document, DOM::Element& element, GC::Ref<CSS::ComputedProperties> style)
-    : Box(document, &element, move(style))
+ReplacedBox::ReplacedBox(DOM::Document& document, GC::Ptr<DOM::Element> element, GC::Ref<CSS::ComputedProperties> style)
+    : Box(document, element, move(style))
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ReplacedBox.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ReplacedBox.h
index 87d93ae2197..b3ccdee2f4a 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ReplacedBox.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/ReplacedBox.h
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ class ReplacedBox : public Box {
     GC_CELL(ReplacedBox, Box);
 
 public:
-    ReplacedBox(DOM::Document&, DOM::Element&, GC::Ref<CSS::ComputedProperties>);
+    ReplacedBox(DOM::Document&, GC::Ptr<DOM::Element>, GC::Ref<CSS::ComputedProperties>);
     virtual ~ReplacedBox() override;
 
-    DOM::Element const& dom_node() const { return as<DOM::Element>(*Node::dom_node()); }
-    DOM::Element& dom_node() { return as<DOM::Element>(*Node::dom_node()); }
+    GC::Ptr<DOM::Element const> dom_node() const { return as<DOM::Element>(Node::dom_node()); }
+    GC::Ptr<DOM::Element> dom_node() { return as<DOM::Element>(Node::dom_node()); }
 
     virtual void prepare_for_replaced_layout() { }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/SVGSVGBox.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/SVGSVGBox.h
index d7b5472cebb..d631aff2040 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/SVGSVGBox.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/SVGSVGBox.h
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ public:
     SVGSVGBox(DOM::Document&, SVG::SVGSVGElement&, GC::Ref<CSS::ComputedProperties>);
     virtual ~SVGSVGBox() override = default;
 
-    SVG::SVGSVGElement& dom_node() { return as<SVG::SVGSVGElement>(ReplacedBox::dom_node()); }
-    SVG::SVGSVGElement const& dom_node() const { return as<SVG::SVGSVGElement>(ReplacedBox::dom_node()); }
+    SVG::SVGSVGElement& dom_node() { return as<SVG::SVGSVGElement>(*ReplacedBox::dom_node()); }
+    SVG::SVGSVGElement const& dom_node() const { return as<SVG::SVGSVGElement>(*ReplacedBox::dom_node()); }
 
     virtual bool can_have_children() const override { return true; }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/VideoBox.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/VideoBox.cpp
index a21df46938e..add74daaa27 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/VideoBox.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/VideoBox.cpp
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ void VideoBox::finalize()
 
 HTML::HTMLVideoElement& VideoBox::dom_node()
 {
-    return static_cast<HTML::HTMLVideoElement&>(ReplacedBox::dom_node());
+    return static_cast<HTML::HTMLVideoElement&>(*ReplacedBox::dom_node());
 }
 
 HTML::HTMLVideoElement const& VideoBox::dom_node() const
 {
-    return static_cast<HTML::HTMLVideoElement const&>(ReplacedBox::dom_node());
+    return static_cast<HTML::HTMLVideoElement const&>(*ReplacedBox::dom_node());
 }
 
 void VideoBox::prepare_for_replaced_layout()
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/ImagePaintable.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/ImagePaintable.cpp
index 034f9e7c7b9..31447704278 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/ImagePaintable.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/ImagePaintable.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ GC::Ref<ImagePaintable> ImagePaintable::create(Layout::SVGImageBox const& layout
 
 GC::Ref<ImagePaintable> ImagePaintable::create(Layout::ImageBox const& layout_box)
 {
-    auto alt = layout_box.dom_node().get_attribute_value(HTML::AttributeNames::alt);
+    String alt;
+    if (auto element = layout_box.dom_node())
+        alt = element->get_attribute_value(HTML::AttributeNames::alt);
     return layout_box.heap().allocate<ImagePaintable>(layout_box, layout_box.image_provider(), layout_box.renders_as_alt_text(), move(alt), false);
 }