diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlelem.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlelem.c
index 20415ba62d0..d70f77b6e1f 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlelem.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlelem.c
@@ -1300,6 +1300,8 @@ HTMLElement *HTMLElement_Create(nsIDOMNode *nsnode)
         ret = HTMLBodyElement_Create(nselem);
     else if(!strcmpW(class_name, wszINPUT))
         ret = HTMLInputElement_Create(nselem);
+    if(!strcmpW(class_name, wszSELECT))
+        ret = HTMLSelectElement_Create(nselem);
     else {
         ret = mshtml_alloc(sizeof(HTMLElement));
 
@@ -1307,9 +1309,7 @@ HTMLElement *HTMLElement_Create(nsIDOMNode *nsnode)
         ret->destructor = NULL;
         ret->nselem = nselem;
 
-        if(!strcmpW(class_name, wszSELECT))
-            HTMLSelectElement_Create(ret);
-        else if(!strcmpW(class_name, wszTEXTAREA))
+        if(!strcmpW(class_name, wszTEXTAREA))
             HTMLTextAreaElement_Create(ret);
     }
 
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlselect.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlselect.c
index 34d0f645e35..d0be23dc8f8 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlselect.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlselect.c
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(mshtml);
 
 typedef struct {
+    HTMLElement element;
+
     const IHTMLSelectElementVtbl *lpHTMLSelectElementVtbl;
 
-    HTMLElement *element;
     nsIDOMHTMLSelectElement *nsselect;
 } HTMLSelectElement;
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLSelectElement_QueryInterface(IHTMLSelectElement *iface
         return S_OK;
     }
 
-    hres = HTMLElement_QI(This->element, riid, ppv);
+    hres = HTMLElement_QI(&This->element, riid, ppv);
     if(FAILED(hres))
         WARN("(%p)->(%s %p)\n", This, debugstr_guid(riid), ppv);
 
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ static ULONG WINAPI HTMLSelectElement_AddRef(IHTMLSelectElement *iface)
 
     TRACE("(%p)\n", This);
 
-    return IHTMLDocument2_AddRef(HTMLDOC(This->element->node.doc));
+    return IHTMLDocument2_AddRef(HTMLDOC(This->element.node.doc));
 }
 
 static ULONG WINAPI HTMLSelectElement_Release(IHTMLSelectElement *iface)
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ static ULONG WINAPI HTMLSelectElement_Release(IHTMLSelectElement *iface)
 
     TRACE("(%p)\n", This);
 
-    return IHTMLDocument2_Release(HTMLDOC(This->element->node.doc));
+    return IHTMLDocument2_Release(HTMLDOC(This->element.node.doc));
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLSelectElement_GetTypeInfoCount(IHTMLSelectElement *iface, UINT *pctinfo)
@@ -386,19 +387,20 @@ static const IHTMLSelectElementVtbl HTMLSelectElementVtbl = {
     HTMLSelectElement_tags
 };
 
-void HTMLSelectElement_Create(HTMLElement *element)
+HTMLElement *HTMLSelectElement_Create(nsIDOMHTMLElement *nselem)
 {
     HTMLSelectElement *ret = mshtml_alloc(sizeof(HTMLSelectElement));
     nsresult nsres;
 
     ret->lpHTMLSelectElementVtbl = &HTMLSelectElementVtbl;
-    ret->element = element;
     
-    nsres = nsIDOMHTMLElement_QueryInterface(element->nselem, &IID_nsIDOMHTMLSelectElement,
+    nsres = nsIDOMHTMLElement_QueryInterface(nselem, &IID_nsIDOMHTMLSelectElement,
                                              (void**)&ret->nsselect);
     if(NS_FAILED(nsres))
         ERR("Could not get nsIDOMHTMLSelectElement interfce: %08x\n", nsres);
 
-    element->impl = (IUnknown*)HTMLSELECT(ret);
-    element->destructor = HTMLSelectElement_destructor;
+    ret->element.impl = (IUnknown*)HTMLSELECT(ret);
+    ret->element.destructor = HTMLSelectElement_destructor;
+
+    return &ret->element;
 }
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/mshtml_private.h b/dlls/mshtml/mshtml_private.h
index 7e8337e2fe2..644fe1b85c5 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/mshtml_private.h
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/mshtml_private.h
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ HTMLElement *HTMLElement_Create(nsIDOMNode*);
 HTMLElement *HTMLAnchorElement_Create(nsIDOMHTMLElement*);
 HTMLElement *HTMLBodyElement_Create(nsIDOMHTMLElement*);
 HTMLElement *HTMLInputElement_Create(nsIDOMHTMLElement*);
-void HTMLSelectElement_Create(HTMLElement*);
+HTMLElement *HTMLSelectElement_Create(nsIDOMHTMLElement*);
 void HTMLTextAreaElement_Create(HTMLElement*);
 
 void HTMLElement2_Init(HTMLElement*);