diff --git a/layout/base/nsCSSRendering.cpp b/layout/base/nsCSSRendering.cpp
index c02478b646df..b31544006728 100644
--- a/layout/base/nsCSSRendering.cpp
+++ b/layout/base/nsCSSRendering.cpp
@@ -2832,9 +2832,6 @@ nsCSSRendering::PaintBackgroundWithSC(nsPresContext* aPresContext,
   NS_PRECONDITION(aForFrame,
                   "Frame is expected to be provided to PaintBackground");
 
-  // Initialize our result to success. We update it only if its value is
-  // currently DrawResult::SUCCESS, which means that as soon as we hit our first
-  // non-successful draw, we stop updating and will return that value.
   DrawResult result = DrawResult::SUCCESS;
 
   // Check to see if we have an appearance defined.  If so, we let the theme
@@ -3010,16 +3007,12 @@ nsCSSRendering::PaintBackgroundWithSC(nsPresContext* aPresContext,
             ctx->SetOp(state.mCompositionOp);
           }
 
-          DrawResult resultForLayer =
+          result &=
             state.mImageRenderer.DrawBackground(aPresContext, aRenderingContext,
                                                 state.mDestArea, state.mFillArea,
                                                 state.mAnchor + paintBorderArea.TopLeft(),
                                                 clipState.mDirtyRect);
 
-          if (result == DrawResult::SUCCESS) {
-            result = resultForLayer;
-          }
-
           if (state.mCompositionOp != CompositionOp::OP_OVER) {
             ctx->SetOp(CompositionOp::OP_OVER);
           }