diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/MapIterator.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/MapIterator.cpp
index 33fb1357ad..3ac21cfb64 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/MapIterator.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/MapIterator.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
 namespace JS {
 
-MapIterator* MapIterator::create(Realm& realm, Map& map, Object::PropertyKind iteration_kind)
+NonnullGCPtr<MapIterator> MapIterator::create(Realm& realm, Map& map, Object::PropertyKind iteration_kind)
 {
-    return realm.heap().allocate<MapIterator>(realm, map, iteration_kind, *realm.intrinsics().map_iterator_prototype());
+    return *realm.heap().allocate<MapIterator>(realm, map, iteration_kind, *realm.intrinsics().map_iterator_prototype());
 }
 
 MapIterator::MapIterator(Map& map, Object::PropertyKind iteration_kind, Object& prototype)
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/MapIterator.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/MapIterator.h
index 54641fa2ca..3d3a2e1e18 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/MapIterator.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/MapIterator.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class MapIterator final : public Object {
     JS_OBJECT(MapIterator, Object);
 
 public:
-    static MapIterator* create(Realm&, Map& map, Object::PropertyKind iteration_kind);
+    static NonnullGCPtr<MapIterator> create(Realm&, Map& map, Object::PropertyKind iteration_kind);
 
     virtual ~MapIterator() override = default;