diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlanchor.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlanchor.c
index cf289cdecfe..6e0fc7193f8 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlanchor.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlanchor.c
@@ -615,16 +615,6 @@ static HRESULT HTMLAnchorElement_QI(HTMLDOMNode *iface, REFIID riid, void **ppv)
return HTMLElement_QI(&This->element.node, riid, ppv);
}
-static void HTMLAnchorElement_destructor(HTMLDOMNode *iface)
-{
- HTMLAnchorElement *This = impl_from_HTMLDOMNode(iface);
-
- if(This->nsanchor)
- nsIDOMHTMLAnchorElement_Release(This->nsanchor);
-
- HTMLElement_destructor(&This->element.node);
-}
-
static HRESULT HTMLAnchorElement_handle_event(HTMLDOMNode *iface, eventid_t eid, nsIDOMEvent *event, BOOL *prevent_default)
{
HTMLAnchorElement *This = impl_from_HTMLDOMNode(iface);
@@ -662,7 +652,7 @@ static HRESULT HTMLAnchorElement_handle_event(HTMLDOMNode *iface, eventid_t eid,
static const NodeImplVtbl HTMLAnchorElementImplVtbl = {
HTMLAnchorElement_QI,
- HTMLAnchorElement_destructor,
+ HTMLElement_destructor,
HTMLElement_clone,
HTMLElement_get_attr_col,
NULL,
@@ -697,15 +687,14 @@ HRESULT HTMLAnchorElement_Create(HTMLDocumentNode *doc, nsIDOMHTMLElement *nsele
ret->IHTMLAnchorElement_iface.lpVtbl = &HTMLAnchorElementVtbl;
ret->element.node.vtbl = &HTMLAnchorElementImplVtbl;
- nsres = nsIDOMHTMLElement_QueryInterface(nselem, &IID_nsIDOMHTMLAnchorElement, (void**)&ret->nsanchor);
- if(NS_FAILED(nsres)) {
- ERR("Could not get nsIDOMHTMLAnchorElement iface: %08x\n", nsres);
- heap_free(ret);
- return E_FAIL;
- }
-
HTMLElement_Init(&ret->element, doc, nselem, &HTMLAnchorElement_dispex);
+ nsres = nsIDOMHTMLElement_QueryInterface(nselem, &IID_nsIDOMHTMLAnchorElement, (void**)&ret->nsanchor);
+
+ /* Shere the reference with nsnode */
+ assert(nsres == NS_OK && (nsIDOMNode*)ret->nsanchor == ret->element.node.nsnode);
+ nsIDOMNode_Release(ret->element.node.nsnode);
+
*elem = &ret->element;
return S_OK;
}