diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ProxyConstructor.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ProxyConstructor.cpp
index 291bf5edb5..e7dcd95d7c 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ProxyConstructor.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ProxyConstructor.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static ThrowCompletionOr<ProxyObject*> proxy_create(VM& vm, Value target, Value
         return vm.throw_completion<TypeError>(ErrorType::ProxyConstructorBadType, "target", target.to_string_without_side_effects());
     if (!handler.is_object())
         return vm.throw_completion<TypeError>(ErrorType::ProxyConstructorBadType, "handler", handler.to_string_without_side_effects());
-    return ProxyObject::create(realm, target.as_object(), handler.as_object());
+    return ProxyObject::create(realm, target.as_object(), handler.as_object()).ptr();
 }
 
 ProxyConstructor::ProxyConstructor(Realm& realm)
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ProxyObject.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ProxyObject.cpp
index a1efa6326e..c8e79102af 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ProxyObject.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ProxyObject.cpp
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 
 namespace JS {
 
-ProxyObject* ProxyObject::create(Realm& realm, Object& target, Object& handler)
+NonnullGCPtr<ProxyObject> ProxyObject::create(Realm& realm, Object& target, Object& handler)
 {
-    return realm.heap().allocate<ProxyObject>(realm, target, handler, *realm.intrinsics().object_prototype());
+    return *realm.heap().allocate<ProxyObject>(realm, target, handler, *realm.intrinsics().object_prototype());
 }
 
 ProxyObject::ProxyObject(Object& target, Object& handler, Object& prototype)
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ProxyObject.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ProxyObject.h
index c7ac85170b..21868c8792 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ProxyObject.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ProxyObject.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class ProxyObject final : public FunctionObject {
     JS_OBJECT(ProxyObject, FunctionObject);
 
 public:
-    static ProxyObject* create(Realm&, Object& target, Object& handler);
+    static NonnullGCPtr<ProxyObject> create(Realm&, Object& target, Object& handler);
 
     virtual ~ProxyObject() override = default;