diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp
index 52a26c928a..b289ad903c 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ namespace Web::DOM {
 Element::Element(Document& document, DOM::QualifiedName qualified_name)
     : ParentNode(document, NodeType::ELEMENT_NODE)
     , m_qualified_name(move(qualified_name))
-    , m_attributes(NamedNodeMap::create(*this))
 {
     set_prototype(&window().cached_web_prototype("Element"));
     make_html_uppercased_qualified_name();
@@ -53,6 +52,12 @@ Element::Element(Document& document, DOM::QualifiedName qualified_name)
 
 Element::~Element() = default;
 
+void Element::initialize(JS::Realm& realm)
+{
+    Base::initialize(realm);
+    m_attributes = NamedNodeMap::create(*this);
+}
+
 void Element::visit_edges(Cell::Visitor& visitor)
 {
     Base::visit_edges(visitor);
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.h
index 0c64a6ceff..ed2cc60219 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class Element
     WEB_PLATFORM_OBJECT(Element, ParentNode);
 
 public:
-    Element(Document&, DOM::QualifiedName);
     virtual ~Element() override;
 
     String const& qualified_name() const { return m_qualified_name.as_string(); }
@@ -142,6 +141,9 @@ public:
     void serialize_pseudo_elements_as_json(JsonArraySerializer<StringBuilder>& children_array) const;
 
 protected:
+    Element(Document&, DOM::QualifiedName);
+    virtual void initialize(JS::Realm&) override;
+
     virtual void children_changed() override;
 
     virtual void visit_edges(Cell::Visitor&) override;
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ private:
     QualifiedName m_qualified_name;
     String m_html_uppercased_qualified_name;
 
-    JS::NonnullGCPtr<NamedNodeMap> m_attributes;
+    JS::GCPtr<NamedNodeMap> m_attributes;
     JS::GCPtr<CSS::ElementInlineCSSStyleDeclaration> m_inline_style;
     JS::GCPtr<DOMTokenList> m_class_list;
     JS::GCPtr<ShadowRoot> m_shadow_root;