diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Scripting/Fetching.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Scripting/Fetching.cpp
index 2ff2fd339c829ce..4250c5a19669c32 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Scripting/Fetching.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/Scripting/Fetching.cpp
@@ -92,23 +92,21 @@ void fetch_descendants_of_a_module_script(JavaScriptModuleScript const& module_s
 
     // FIXME: 7. Assert: options is not null, as module script is a JavaScript module script.
 
-    if (module_requests.is_empty()) {
+    // 8. Let pendingCount be the length of moduleRequests.
+    auto pending_count = module_requests.size();
+
+    // 9. If pendingCount is zero, run onComplete with module script.
+    if (pending_count == 0) {
         on_complete(&module_script);
         return;
     }
 
+    // 10. Let failed be false.
     auto context = DescendantFetchingContext::create();
-
-    // 8. Let pendingCount be the length of moduleRequests.
-    context->set_pending_count(module_requests.size());
-
-    // 9. Let failed be false.
+    context->set_pending_count(pending_count);
     context->set_failed(false);
-
     context->set_on_complete(move(on_complete));
 
-    // VERIFY(module_requests.size() > 0);
-
     // 10. For each moduleRequest in moduleRequests, perform the internal module script graph fetching procedure given moduleRequest,
     //     fetch client settings object, destination, options, module script's settings object, visited set, module script's base URL, and the following steps given result:
     for (auto const& module_request : module_requests) {