diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLBodyElement.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLBodyElement.cpp
index a5fbd9dc90..5ce725f1f9 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLBodyElement.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLBodyElement.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ void HTMLBodyElement::apply_presentational_hints(StyleProperties& style) const
             if (color.has_value())
                 style.set_property(CSS::PropertyID::Color, ColorStyleValue::create(color.value()));
         } else if (name.equals_ignoring_case("background")) {
-            style.set_property(CSS::PropertyID::BackgroundImage, ImageStyleValue::create(document().complete_url(value), const_cast<Document&>(document())));
+            ASSERT(m_background_style_value);
+            style.set_property(CSS::PropertyID::BackgroundImage, *m_background_style_value);
         }
     });
 }
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ void HTMLBodyElement::parse_attribute(const String& name, const String& value)
         auto color = Color::from_string(value);
         if (color.has_value())
             document().set_visited_link_color(color.value());
+    } else if (name.equals_ignoring_case("background")) {
+        m_background_style_value = ImageStyleValue::create(document().complete_url(value), const_cast<Document&>(document()));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLBodyElement.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLBodyElement.h
index 22296fa46c..cef9e3a664 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLBodyElement.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/HTMLBodyElement.h
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ public:
 
     virtual void parse_attribute(const String&, const String&) override;
     virtual void apply_presentational_hints(StyleProperties&) const override;
+
+private:
+    RefPtr<ImageStyleValue> m_background_style_value;
 };
 
 template<>