diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLScriptElement.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLScriptElement.cpp
index 84d3736220..e2aa2a78c8 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLScriptElement.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLScriptElement.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void HTMLScriptElement::set_parser_document(Badge<HTMLParser>, DOM::Document& do
     m_parser_document = document;
 }
 
-void HTMLScriptElement::begin_delaying_document_load_event(Badge<HTMLParser>, DOM::Document& document)
+void HTMLScriptElement::begin_delaying_document_load_event(DOM::Document& document)
 {
     // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/scripting.html#concept-script-script
     // The user agent must delay the load event of the element's node document until the script is ready.
@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@ void HTMLScriptElement::prepare_script()
             //    Fetch a classic script given url, settings object, options, classic script CORS setting, and encoding.
             auto request = LoadRequest::create_for_url_on_page(url, document().page());
 
+            if (parser_document)
+                begin_delaying_document_load_event(*parser_document);
+
             ResourceLoader::the().load(
                 request,
                 [this, url](auto data, auto&, auto) {
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLScriptElement.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLScriptElement.h
index a104e41ece..589773eae5 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLScriptElement.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLScriptElement.h
@@ -42,12 +42,11 @@ public:
 
     void set_source_line_number(Badge<HTMLParser>, size_t source_line_number) { m_source_line_number = source_line_number; }
 
-    void begin_delaying_document_load_event(Badge<HTMLParser>, DOM::Document&);
-
 private:
     void prepare_script();
     void script_became_ready();
     void when_the_script_is_ready(Function<void()>);
+    void begin_delaying_document_load_event(DOM::Document&);
 
     WeakPtr<DOM::Document> m_parser_document;
     WeakPtr<DOM::Document> m_preparation_time_document;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Parser/HTMLParser.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Parser/HTMLParser.cpp
index a2b41c4540..203fcf2456 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Parser/HTMLParser.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Parser/HTMLParser.cpp
@@ -2094,10 +2094,6 @@ void HTMLParser::handle_text(HTMLToken& token)
 
         NonnullRefPtr<HTMLScriptElement> script = verify_cast<HTMLScriptElement>(current_node());
 
-        // The document's "load" event is delayed until every script becomes ready.
-        // See HTMLScriptElement internals for how readiness is determined.
-        script->begin_delaying_document_load_event({}, *m_document);
-
         (void)m_stack_of_open_elements.pop();
         m_insertion_mode = m_original_insertion_mode;
         // Let the old insertion point have the same value as the current insertion point.