diff --git a/test/unit/styling-only-with-template.html b/test/unit/styling-only-with-template.html
index 8239ad595d..5134867a36 100644
--- a/test/unit/styling-only-with-template.html
+++ b/test/unit/styling-only-with-template.html
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 
         test('dom-repeat and dom-if do not break custom-style', () => {
           // force custom-style flushing
+          let target = document.querySelector('#target');
           window.ShadyCSS.styleDocument();
           assertComputed(target, '2px');
         });