--- a/servo/components/script/dom/document.rs
+++ b/servo/components/script/dom/document.rs
@@ -1735,18 +1735,20 @@ impl DocumentMethods for Document {
                 node.local_name() == &atom!("title")
             });
             match elem {
                 Some(elem) => Root::upcast::<Node>(elem),
                 None => {
                     let name = QualName::new(ns!(SVG), atom!("title"));
                     let elem = Element::create(name, None, self,
                                                ElementCreator::ScriptCreated);
-                    root.upcast::<Node>()
-                        .AppendChild(elem.upcast())
+                    let parent = root.upcast::<Node>();
+                    let child = elem.upcast::<Node>();
+                    parent
+                        .InsertBefore(child, parent.GetFirstChild().r())
                         .unwrap()
                 }
             }
         } else if root.namespace() == &ns!(HTML) {
             let elem = root.upcast::<Node>()
                            .traverse_preorder()
                            .find(|node| node.is::<HTMLTitleElement>());
             match elem {