diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlstyle.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlstyle.c
index 868854940a6..7cbf895a908 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlstyle.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlstyle.c
@@ -2171,18 +2171,10 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLStyle_put_left(IHTMLStyle *iface, VARIANT v)
 static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLStyle_get_left(IHTMLStyle *iface, VARIANT *p)
 {
     HTMLStyle *This = impl_from_IHTMLStyle(iface);
-    BSTR ret;
-    HRESULT hres;
 
     TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
 
-    hres = get_style_attr(This, STYLEID_LEFT, &ret);
-    if(FAILED(hres))
-        return hres;
-
-    V_VT(p) = VT_BSTR;
-    V_BSTR(p) = ret;
-    return S_OK;
+    return get_nsstyle_attr_var(This->nsstyle, STYLEID_LEFT, p, 0);
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLStyle_get_position(IHTMLStyle *iface, BSTR *p)