diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.cpp
index a6ac6ae150..02e7a697e7 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.cpp
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@
 
 namespace Web::XHR {
 
-JS::NonnullGCPtr<XMLHttpRequest> XMLHttpRequest::construct_impl(JS::Realm& realm)
+WebIDL::ExceptionOr<JS::NonnullGCPtr<XMLHttpRequest>> XMLHttpRequest::construct_impl(JS::Realm& realm)
 {
     auto& window = verify_cast<HTML::Window>(realm.global_object());
     auto author_request_headers = Fetch::Infrastructure::HeaderList::create(realm.vm());
-    return realm.heap().allocate<XMLHttpRequest>(realm, window, *author_request_headers).release_allocated_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors();
+    return MUST_OR_THROW_OOM(realm.heap().allocate<XMLHttpRequest>(realm, window, *author_request_headers));
 }
 
 XMLHttpRequest::XMLHttpRequest(HTML::Window& window, Fetch::Infrastructure::HeaderList& author_request_headers)
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.h
index 396c2cfd59..817170ae5e 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/XHR/XMLHttpRequest.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public:
         Done = 4,
     };
 
-    static JS::NonnullGCPtr<XMLHttpRequest> construct_impl(JS::Realm&);
+    static WebIDL::ExceptionOr<JS::NonnullGCPtr<XMLHttpRequest>> construct_impl(JS::Realm&);
 
     virtual ~XMLHttpRequest() override;