diff --git a/accessible/base/AccAttributes.h b/accessible/base/AccAttributes.h
index bc9ce71ad0ed..88c79bfa229d 100644
--- a/accessible/base/AccAttributes.h
+++ b/accessible/base/AccAttributes.h
@@ -182,6 +182,17 @@ class AccAttributes {
     return nullptr;
   }
 
+  template <typename T>
+  const T* GetAttributeWeakPtr(nsAtom* aAttrName) const {
+    if (auto value = mData.Lookup(aAttrName)) {
+      if (value->is<RefPtr<T>>()) {
+        const T* ref = value->as<RefPtr<T>>();
+        return ref;
+      }
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
   template <typename T>
   Maybe<T&> GetMutableAttribute(nsAtom* aAttrName) const {
     static_assert(std::is_same_v<nsTArray<int32_t>, T> ||
diff --git a/accessible/ipc/RemoteAccessible.cpp b/accessible/ipc/RemoteAccessible.cpp
index af58db6c3251..09eec6ae74ab 100644
--- a/accessible/ipc/RemoteAccessible.cpp
+++ b/accessible/ipc/RemoteAccessible.cpp
@@ -1544,10 +1544,10 @@ already_AddRefed<AccAttributes> RemoteAccessible::DefaultTextAttributes() {
   return result.forget();
 }
 
-RefPtr<const AccAttributes> RemoteAccessible::GetCachedARIAAttributes() const {
+const AccAttributes* RemoteAccessible::GetCachedARIAAttributes() const {
   ASSERT_DOMAINS_ACTIVE(CacheDomain::ARIA);
   if (mCachedFields) {
-    auto attrs = mCachedFields->GetAttributeRefPtr<AccAttributes>(
+    auto attrs = mCachedFields->GetAttributeWeakPtr<AccAttributes>(
         CacheKey::ARIAAttributes);
     VERIFY_CACHE(CacheDomain::ARIA);
     return attrs;
@@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@ void RemoteAccessible::LiveRegionAttributes(nsAString* aLive,
   if (!mCachedFields) {
     return;
   }
-  RefPtr<const AccAttributes> attrs = GetCachedARIAAttributes();
+  auto attrs = GetCachedARIAAttributes();
   if (!attrs) {
     return;
   }
@@ -2329,7 +2329,7 @@ Maybe<int32_t> RemoteAccessible::GetIntARIAAttr(nsAtom* aAttrName) const {
   if (RequestDomainsIfInactive(CacheDomain::ARIA)) {
     return Nothing();
   }
-  if (RefPtr<const AccAttributes> attrs = GetCachedARIAAttributes()) {
+  if (auto attrs = GetCachedARIAAttributes()) {
     if (auto val = attrs->GetAttribute<int32_t>(aAttrName)) {
       return val;
     }
diff --git a/accessible/ipc/RemoteAccessible.h b/accessible/ipc/RemoteAccessible.h
index 2623869ce0f9..17392a84c9ac 100644
--- a/accessible/ipc/RemoteAccessible.h
+++ b/accessible/ipc/RemoteAccessible.h
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class RemoteAccessible : public Accessible, public HyperTextAccessibleBase {
   Maybe<const nsTArray<int32_t>&> GetCachedTextLines();
   nsRect GetCachedCharRect(int32_t aOffset);
   RefPtr<const AccAttributes> GetCachedTextAttributes();
-  RefPtr<const AccAttributes> GetCachedARIAAttributes() const;
+  const AccAttributes* GetCachedARIAAttributes() const;
 
   nsString GetCachedHTMLNameAttribute() const;
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/geckoview/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/geckoview/test/AccessibilityTest.kt b/mobile/android/geckoview/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/geckoview/test/AccessibilityTest.kt
index d0f71842dca3..a821783cf9a9 100644
--- a/mobile/android/geckoview/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/geckoview/test/AccessibilityTest.kt
+++ b/mobile/android/geckoview/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/geckoview/test/AccessibilityTest.kt
@@ -1109,6 +1109,12 @@ class AccessibilityTest : BaseSessionTest() {
         loadTestPage("test-live-region")
         waitForInitialFocus()
 
+        val rootNode = createNodeInfo(View.NO_ID)
+        assertThat("Document has 1 child", rootNode.childCount, equalTo(1))
+
+        val liveRegion = createNodeInfo(rootNode.getChildId(0))
+        assertThat("First node is a label", liveRegion.viewIdResourceName.toString(), equalTo("to_change"))
+
         mainSession.evaluateJS("document.querySelector('#to_change').textContent = 'Hello';")
         sessionRule.waitUntilCalled(object : EventDelegate {
             @AssertCalled(count = 1)