diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ArrayIterator.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ArrayIterator.cpp
index b9e45758ec4..39d428d412d 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ArrayIterator.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ArrayIterator.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
 namespace JS {
 
-ArrayIterator* ArrayIterator::create(Realm& realm, Value array, Object::PropertyKind iteration_kind)
+NonnullGCPtr<ArrayIterator> ArrayIterator::create(Realm& realm, Value array, Object::PropertyKind iteration_kind)
 {
-    return realm.heap().allocate<ArrayIterator>(realm, array, iteration_kind, *realm.intrinsics().array_iterator_prototype());
+    return *realm.heap().allocate<ArrayIterator>(realm, array, iteration_kind, *realm.intrinsics().array_iterator_prototype());
 }
 
 ArrayIterator::ArrayIterator(Value array, Object::PropertyKind iteration_kind, Object& prototype)
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ArrayIterator.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ArrayIterator.h
index e296a85d0de..7bee8031ad2 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ArrayIterator.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/ArrayIterator.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class ArrayIterator final : public Object {
     JS_OBJECT(ArrayIterator, Object);
 
 public:
-    static ArrayIterator* create(Realm&, Value array, Object::PropertyKind iteration_kind);
+    static NonnullGCPtr<ArrayIterator> create(Realm&, Value array, Object::PropertyKind iteration_kind);
 
     virtual ~ArrayIterator() override = default;