diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/unclosed-html-element.txt b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/unclosed-html-element.txt
index aaecaf93c4a..72ef5add63f 100644
--- a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/unclosed-html-element.txt
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/unclosed-html-element.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-PASS (didn't crash)
+HTML element has '<head' attribute: true
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/unclosed-html-element.html b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/unclosed-html-element.html
index c1bab5c6f6e..ca3860248f6 100644
--- a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/unclosed-html-element.html
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/unclosed-html-element.html
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 <script src="include.js"></script>
 <script>
     test(() => {
-        println("PASS (didn't crash)");
+        println(`HTML element has '<head' attribute: ${document.documentElement.hasAttribute('<head')}`);
     });
 </script>
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Parser/HTMLParser.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Parser/HTMLParser.cpp
index 23539578935..bba2efa6644 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Parser/HTMLParser.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Parser/HTMLParser.cpp
@@ -1719,9 +1719,10 @@ void HTMLParser::handle_in_body(HTMLToken& token)
 
         // Otherwise, for each attribute on the token, check to see if the attribute is already present on the top element of the stack of open elements.
         // If it is not, add the attribute and its corresponding value to that element.
+        auto& top_element = m_stack_of_open_elements.first();
         token.for_each_attribute([&](auto& attribute) {
-            if (!current_node().has_attribute(attribute.local_name))
-                current_node().append_attribute(attribute.local_name, attribute.value);
+            if (!top_element.has_attribute(attribute.local_name))
+                top_element.append_attribute(attribute.local_name, attribute.value);
             return IterationDecision::Continue;
         });
         return;