diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp
index 73163c8c43..7c36ee6066 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp
@@ -453,9 +453,14 @@ bool EventHandler::handle_mousemove(Gfx::IntPoint const& position, unsigned butt
         // FIXME: Handle other values for pointer-events.
         VERIFY(pointer_events != CSS::PointerEvents::None);
 
+        // Search for the first parent of the hit target that's an element.
+        // "The click event type MUST be dispatched on the topmost event target indicated by the pointer." (https://www.w3.org/TR/uievents/#event-type-click)
+        // "The topmost event target MUST be the element highest in the rendering order which is capable of being an event target." (https://www.w3.org/TR/uievents/#topmost-event-target)
+        Layout::Node const* layout_node;
+        bool found_parent_element = parent_element_for_event_dispatch(*paintable, node, layout_node);
         hovered_node_changed = node.ptr() != document.hovered_node();
         document.set_hovered_node(node);
-        if (node) {
+        if (found_parent_element) {
             hovered_link_element = node->enclosing_link_element();
             if (hovered_link_element)
                 is_hovering_link = true;
@@ -474,22 +479,12 @@ bool EventHandler::handle_mousemove(Gfx::IntPoint const& position, unsigned butt
                     hovered_node_cursor = cursor_css_to_gfx(cursor);
             }
 
-            // Search for the first parent of the hit target that's an element.
-            // "The click event type MUST be dispatched on the topmost event target indicated by the pointer." (https://www.w3.org/TR/uievents/#event-type-click)
-            // "The topmost event target MUST be the element highest in the rendering order which is capable of being an event target." (https://www.w3.org/TR/uievents/#topmost-event-target)
-            Layout::Node const* layout_node;
-            if (!parent_element_for_event_dispatch(*paintable, node, layout_node)) {
-                // FIXME: This is pretty ugly but we need to bail out here.
-                goto after_node_use;
-            }
-
             auto offset = compute_mouse_event_offset(position, *layout_node);
             node->dispatch_event(*UIEvents::MouseEvent::create_from_platform_event(node->realm(), UIEvents::EventNames::mousemove, offset.x(), offset.y(), position.x(), position.y(), buttons));
             // NOTE: Dispatching an event may have disturbed the world.
             if (!paint_root() || paint_root() != node->document().paint_box())
                 return true;
         }
-    after_node_use:
         if (m_in_mouse_selection) {
             auto hit = paint_root()->hit_test(position.to_type<float>(), Painting::HitTestType::TextCursor);
             if (start_index.has_value() && hit.has_value() && hit->dom_node()) {