--- a/layout/svg/SVGObserverUtils.cpp
+++ b/layout/svg/SVGObserverUtils.cpp
@@ -626,33 +626,33 @@ SVGObserverUtils::GetEffectProperties(ns
   return result;
 }
 
 nsSVGPaintServerFrame *
 SVGObserverUtils::GetPaintServer(nsIFrame* aTargetFrame,
                                  nsStyleSVGPaint nsStyleSVG::* aPaint,
                                  PaintingPropertyDescriptor aType)
 {
-  const nsStyleSVG* svgStyle = aTargetFrame->StyleSVG();
-  if ((svgStyle->*aPaint).Type() != eStyleSVGPaintType_Server)
-    return nullptr;
-
   // If we're looking at a frame within SVG text, then we need to look up
   // to find the right frame to get the painting property off.  We should at
   // least look up past a text frame, and if the text frame's parent is the
   // anonymous block frame, then we look up to its parent (the SVGTextFrame).
   nsIFrame* frame = aTargetFrame;
   if (frame->GetContent()->IsNodeOfType(nsINode::eTEXT)) {
     frame = frame->GetParent();
     nsIFrame* grandparent = frame->GetParent();
     if (grandparent && grandparent->IsSVGTextFrame()) {
       frame = grandparent;
     }
   }
 
+  const nsStyleSVG* svgStyle = frame->StyleSVG();
+  if ((svgStyle->*aPaint).Type() != eStyleSVGPaintType_Server)
+    return nullptr;
+
   nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> paintServerURL =
     SVGObserverUtils::GetPaintURI(frame, aPaint);
   nsSVGPaintingProperty *property =
     SVGObserverUtils::GetPaintingProperty(paintServerURL, frame, aType);
   if (!property)
     return nullptr;
   nsIFrame* result = property->GetReferencedFrame();
   if (!result)