--- a/layout/generic/TextOverflow.cpp
+++ b/layout/generic/TextOverflow.cpp
@@ -56,22 +56,20 @@
 namespace mozilla {
 namespace css {
 
 static const PRUnichar kEllipsisChar[] = { 0x2026, 0x0 };
 static const PRUnichar kASCIIPeriodsChar[] = { '.', '.', '.', 0x0 };
 
 // Return an ellipsis if the font supports it,
 // otherwise use three ASCII periods as fallback.
-static nsDependentString GetEllipsis(nsIFrame* aFrame)
+static nsDependentString GetEllipsis(nsFontMetrics *aFontMetrics)
 {
   // Check if the first font supports Unicode ellipsis.
-  nsRefPtr<nsFontMetrics> fm;
-  nsLayoutUtils::GetFontMetricsForFrame(aFrame, getter_AddRefs(fm));
-  gfxFontGroup* fontGroup = fm->GetThebesFontGroup();
+  gfxFontGroup* fontGroup = aFontMetrics->GetThebesFontGroup();
   gfxFont* firstFont = fontGroup->GetFontAt(0);
   return firstFont && firstFont->HasCharacter(kEllipsisChar[0])
     ? nsDependentString(kEllipsisChar,
                         ArrayLength(kEllipsisChar) - 1)
     : nsDependentString(kASCIIPeriodsChar,
                         ArrayLength(kASCIIPeriodsChar) - 1);
 }
 
@@ -658,16 +656,16 @@ TextOverflow::Marker::SetupString(nsIFra
   }
   nsRefPtr<nsRenderingContext> rc =
     aFrame->PresContext()->PresShell()->GetReferenceRenderingContext();
   nsRefPtr<nsFontMetrics> fm;
   nsLayoutUtils::GetFontMetricsForFrame(aFrame, getter_AddRefs(fm));
   rc->SetFont(fm);
 
   mMarkerString = mStyle->mType == NS_STYLE_TEXT_OVERFLOW_ELLIPSIS ?
-                    GetEllipsis(aFrame) : mStyle->mString;
+                    GetEllipsis(fm) : mStyle->mString;
   mWidth = nsLayoutUtils::GetStringWidth(aFrame, rc, mMarkerString.get(),
                                          mMarkerString.Length());
   mInitialized = true;
 }
 
 }  // namespace css
 }  // namespace mozilla