diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/WebGL/WebGLRenderingContextBase.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/WebGL/WebGLRenderingContextBase.cpp
index a486ded3b2..da0d132571 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/WebGL/WebGLRenderingContextBase.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/WebGL/WebGLRenderingContextBase.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 namespace Web::WebGL {
 
 WebGLRenderingContextBase::WebGLRenderingContextBase(HTML::HTMLCanvasElement& canvas_element, NonnullOwnPtr<GL::GLContext> context, WebGLContextAttributes context_creation_parameters, WebGLContextAttributes actual_context_parameters)
-    : m_canvas_element(canvas_element)
+    : RefCountForwarder(canvas_element)
     , m_context(move(context))
     , m_context_creation_parameters(move(context_creation_parameters))
     , m_actual_context_parameters(move(actual_context_parameters))
@@ -67,15 +67,23 @@ void WebGLRenderingContextBase::present()
     }
 }
 
+HTML::HTMLCanvasElement& WebGLRenderingContextBase::canvas_element()
+{
+    return ref_count_target();
+}
+
+HTML::HTMLCanvasElement const& WebGLRenderingContextBase::canvas_element() const
+{
+    return ref_count_target();
+}
+
 void WebGLRenderingContextBase::needs_to_present()
 {
     m_should_present = true;
 
-    if (!m_canvas_element)
+    if (!canvas_element().layout_node())
         return;
-    if (!m_canvas_element->layout_node())
-        return;
-    m_canvas_element->layout_node()->set_needs_display();
+    canvas_element().layout_node()->set_needs_display();
 }
 
 void WebGLRenderingContextBase::set_error(GLenum error)
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/WebGL/WebGLRenderingContextBase.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/WebGL/WebGLRenderingContextBase.h
index 4bf1e26a64..5a5914b7cc 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/WebGL/WebGLRenderingContextBase.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/WebGL/WebGLRenderingContextBase.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <AK/RefCounted.h>
+#include <AK/RefCountForwarder.h>
 #include <AK/WeakPtr.h>
 #include <AK/Weakable.h>
 #include <LibGL/GLContext.h>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 namespace Web::WebGL {
 
 class WebGLRenderingContextBase
-    : public RefCounted<WebGLRenderingContextBase>
+    : public RefCountForwarder<HTML::HTMLCanvasElement>
     , public Weakable<WebGLRenderingContextBase> {
 public:
     virtual ~WebGLRenderingContextBase();
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ protected:
     WebGLRenderingContextBase(HTML::HTMLCanvasElement& canvas_element, NonnullOwnPtr<GL::GLContext> context, WebGLContextAttributes context_creation_parameters, WebGLContextAttributes actual_context_parameters);
 
 private:
-    WeakPtr<HTML::HTMLCanvasElement> m_canvas_element;
-
     NonnullOwnPtr<GL::GLContext> m_context;
 
     // https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/specs/latest/1.0/#context-creation-parameters
@@ -87,6 +85,9 @@ private:
 
     GLenum m_error { GL_NO_ERROR };
 
+    HTML::HTMLCanvasElement& canvas_element();
+    HTML::HTMLCanvasElement const& canvas_element() const;
+
     void needs_to_present();
     void set_error(GLenum error);
 };