diff --git a/injected/src/features/element-hiding.js b/injected/src/features/element-hiding.js
index 5c4aaf0cb4..9cd3db312a 100644
--- a/injected/src/features/element-hiding.js
+++ b/injected/src/features/element-hiding.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import ContentFeature from '../content-feature';
 import { isBeingFramed, injectGlobalStyles } from '../utils';
 
 let adLabelStrings = [];
-const parser = new DOMParser();
 let hiddenElements = new WeakMap();
 let modifiedElements = new WeakMap();
 let appliedRules = new Set();
@@ -145,9 +144,12 @@ function isDomNodeEmpty(node) {
     if (node.tagName === 'BODY') {
         return false;
     }
-    // use a DOMParser to remove all metadata elements before checking if
+    // use a clonedNode to remove all metadata elements before checking if
     // the node is empty.
-    const parsedNode = parser.parseFromString(node.outerHTML, 'text/html').documentElement;
+    const parsedNode = /** @type {HTMLElement} */ (node.cloneNode(true));
+    if (!parsedNode) {
+        return false;
+    }
     parsedNode.querySelectorAll('base,link,meta,script,style,template,title,desc').forEach((el) => {
         el.remove();
     });