diff --git a/mozilla/content/xml/content/src/nsXMLElement.cpp b/mozilla/content/xml/content/src/nsXMLElement.cpp
index edc2cf8e313..b9ec7f19540 100644
--- a/mozilla/content/xml/content/src/nsXMLElement.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/content/xml/content/src/nsXMLElement.cpp
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ NS_NewXMLElement(nsIContent** aInstancePtrResult, nsINodeInfo *aNodeInfo)
 
   *aInstancePtrResult = NS_STATIC_CAST(nsIXMLContent *, it);
 
-  NS_ADDREF(*aInstancePtrResult);
-
   return NS_OK;
 }