diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Layout/expected/svg/svg-as-image-invalid.txt b/Tests/LibWeb/Layout/expected/svg/svg-as-image-invalid.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22719b50a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Layout/expected/svg/svg-as-image-invalid.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Viewport <#document> at (0,0) content-size 800x600 children: not-inline
+ BlockContainer at (0,0) content-size 800x48 [BFC] children: not-inline
+ BlockContainer at (8,8) content-size 784x32 children: not-inline
+ ImageBox ![]()
at (8,8) content-size 16x32 children: not-inline
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Layout/input/svg/svg-as-image-invalid.html b/Tests/LibWeb/Layout/input/svg/svg-as-image-invalid.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7f142a7395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Layout/input/svg/svg-as-image-invalid.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/SVG/SVGDecodedImageData.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/SVG/SVGDecodedImageData.cpp
index 347a9540906..702d45a3854 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/SVG/SVGDecodedImageData.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/SVG/SVGDecodedImageData.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ ErrorOr> SVGDecodedImageData::create(Page& ho
// Perform some DOM surgery to make the SVG root element be the first child of the Document.
// FIXME: This is a huge hack until we figure out how to actually parse separate SVG files.
auto* svg_root = document->body()->first_child_of_type();
+ if (!svg_root)
+ return Error::from_string_literal("SVGDecodedImageData: Invalid SVG input");
+
svg_root->remove();
document->remove_all_children();