2 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/components/layout/flow/inline/line.rs b/components/layout/flow/inline/line.rs
index e65eaed2367..80bab1080ed 100644
--- a/components/layout/flow/inline/line.rs
+++ b/components/layout/flow/inline/line.rs
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ impl LineItemLayout<'_, '_> {
             self.calculate_inline_box_block_start(inline_box_state, space_above_baseline);
 
         let positioning_context_or_start_offset_in_parent =
-            match inline_box.base.new_positioning_context() {
+            match PositioningContext::new_for_layout_box_base(&inline_box.base) {
                 Some(positioning_context) => Either::Left(positioning_context),
                 None => Either::Right(self.current_positioning_context_mut().len()),
             };
diff --git a/components/layout/flow/inline/mod.rs b/components/layout/flow/inline/mod.rs
index 25fbaa324b1..2023f4e7174 100644
--- a/components/layout/flow/inline/mod.rs
+++ b/components/layout/flow/inline/mod.rs
@@ -2004,9 +2004,7 @@ impl IndependentFormattingContext {
         bidi_level: Level,
     ) {
         // We need to know the inline size of the atomic before deciding whether to do the line break.
-        let mut child_positioning_context = self
-            .new_positioning_context()
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| PositioningContext::new_for_subtree(true));
+        let mut child_positioning_context = PositioningContext::default();
         let IndependentFloatOrAtomicLayoutResult {
             mut fragment,
             baselines,