diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/RenderingThread.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/RenderingThread.cpp
index f65cbd5ae3e..d118faab5df 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/RenderingThread.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/RenderingThread.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ RenderingThread::~RenderingThread()
 {
     // Note: Promise rejection is expected to signal the thread to exit.
     m_main_thread_exit_promise->reject(Error::from_errno(ECANCELED));
-    (void)m_thread->join();
+    if (m_thread) {
+        (void)m_thread->join();
+    }
 }
 
 void RenderingThread::start(DisplayListPlayerType display_list_player_type)
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/TraversableNavigable.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/TraversableNavigable.cpp
index 886858a7896..7c8ccc56741 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/TraversableNavigable.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/TraversableNavigable.cpp
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ TraversableNavigable::TraversableNavigable(GC::Ref<Page> page)
         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);
+    if (!page->client().is_svg_page_client()) {
+        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);
+    }
 }
 
 TraversableNavigable::~TraversableNavigable() = default;