diff --git a/src/components/main/layout/block.rs b/src/components/main/layout/block.rs
index 1f0b3b93edc1..b7c945c0d934 100644
--- a/src/components/main/layout/block.rs
+++ b/src/components/main/layout/block.rs
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@ impl Flow for BlockFlow {
             self.base.flags_info.flags.inorder() || self.base.num_floats > 0
         };
 
+        // FIXME(ksh8281): avoid copy
+        let flags_info = self.base.flags_info.clone();
         for kid in self.base.child_iter() {
             assert!(kid.starts_block_flow() || kid.starts_inline_flow());
 
@@ -721,10 +723,8 @@ impl Flow for BlockFlow {
             //
             // TODO(pcwalton): When we have out-of-flow children, don't unconditionally propagate.
 
-            // FIXME(ksh8281): avoid copy
-            child_base.flags_info.propagate_text_decoration_from_parent(self.base.flags_info);
-
-            child_base.flags_info.propagate_text_alignment_from_parent(self.base.flags_info)
+            child_base.flags_info.propagate_text_decoration_from_parent(&flags_info);
+            child_base.flags_info.propagate_text_alignment_from_parent(&flags_info)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/components/main/layout/box_.rs b/src/components/main/layout/box_.rs
index 95e6d2e6b5ce..988f32a75a81 100644
--- a/src/components/main/layout/box_.rs
+++ b/src/components/main/layout/box_.rs
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ impl Box {
                 let text_color = self.style().Color.color.to_gfx_color();
 
                 // Set the various text display item flags.
-                let mut flow_flags = flow::base(flow).flags_info;
+                let mut flow_flags = flow::base(flow).flags_info.clone();
 
                 let inline_info = self.inline_info.borrow();
                 match inline_info.get() {
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ impl Box {
                         for data in info.parent_info.rev_iter() {
                             let parent_info = FlowFlagsInfo::new(data.style.get());
                             //FIXME(ksh8281) avoid copy
-                            flow_flags.propagate_text_decoration_from_parent(parent_info);
+                            flow_flags.propagate_text_decoration_from_parent(&parent_info);
                         }
                     },
                     &None => {}
diff --git a/src/components/main/layout/flow.rs b/src/components/main/layout/flow.rs
index ed5961601aae..f8cb46dada10 100644
--- a/src/components/main/layout/flow.rs
+++ b/src/components/main/layout/flow.rs
@@ -259,11 +259,12 @@ pub trait PostorderFlowTraversal {
     }
 }
 
+#[deriving(Clone)]
 pub struct FlowFlagsInfo{
     flags: FlowFlags,
 
     /// text-decoration colors
-    rare_flow_flags: Option<RareFlowFlags>,
+    rare_flow_flags: Option<~RareFlowFlags>,
 }
 
 #[deriving(Clone)]
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ pub struct RareFlowFlags {
 }
 
 /// Flags used in flows, tightly packed to save space.
+#[deriving(Clone)]
 pub struct FlowFlags(u8);
 
 /// The bitmask of flags that represent text decoration fields that get propagated downward.
@@ -301,8 +303,8 @@ impl FlowFlagsInfo {
         flags.set_override_line_through(text_decoration.line_through);
 
         // TODO(ksh8281) compute text-decoration-color,style,line
-        let rare_flow_flags = if flags.is_text_decoration_enable() {
-            Some(RareFlowFlags {
+        let rare_flow_flags = if flags.is_text_decoration_enabled() {
+            Some(~RareFlowFlags {
                 underline_color: style.Color.color.to_gfx_color(),
                 overline_color: style.Color.color.to_gfx_color(),
                 line_through_color: style.Color.color.to_gfx_color(),
@@ -351,12 +353,12 @@ impl FlowFlagsInfo {
     }
 
     /// Propagates text decoration flags from an appropriate parent flow per CSS 2.1 § 16.3.1.
-    pub fn propagate_text_decoration_from_parent(&mut self, parent: FlowFlagsInfo) {
-        if !parent.flags.is_text_decoration_enable() {
+    pub fn propagate_text_decoration_from_parent(&mut self, parent: &FlowFlagsInfo) {
+        if !parent.flags.is_text_decoration_enabled() {
             return ;
         }
 
-        if !self.flags.is_text_decoration_enable() && parent.flags.is_text_decoration_enable() {
+        if !self.flags.is_text_decoration_enabled() && parent.flags.is_text_decoration_enabled() {
             self.rare_flow_flags = parent.rare_flow_flags.clone();
             return ;
         }
@@ -416,7 +418,7 @@ impl FlowFlagsInfo {
     }
 
     /// Propagates text alignment flags from an appropriate parent flow per CSS 2.1.
-    pub fn propagate_text_alignment_from_parent(&mut self, parent: FlowFlagsInfo) {
+    pub fn propagate_text_alignment_from_parent(&mut self, parent: &FlowFlagsInfo) {
         self.flags.set_text_align_override(parent.flags);
     }
 }
@@ -462,7 +464,7 @@ impl FlowFlags {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    pub fn is_text_decoration_enable(&self) -> bool {
+    pub fn is_text_decoration_enabled(&self) -> bool {
         (**self & TEXT_DECORATION_OVERRIDE_BITMASK) != 0
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/main/layout/inline.rs b/src/components/main/layout/inline.rs
index 75c2e42a01b0..3f40a43521c7 100644
--- a/src/components/main/layout/inline.rs
+++ b/src/components/main/layout/inline.rs
@@ -640,12 +640,13 @@ impl Flow for InlineFlow {
             }
         }
 
+        // FIXME(ksh8281) avoid copy
+        let flags_info = self.base.flags_info.clone();
         for kid in self.base.child_iter() {
             let child_base = flow::mut_base(*kid);
             child_base.position.size.width = self.base.position.size.width;
             child_base.flags_info.flags.set_inorder(self.base.flags_info.flags.inorder());
-            // FIXME(ksh8281) avoid copy
-            child_base.flags_info.propagate_text_alignment_from_parent(self.base.flags_info)
+            child_base.flags_info.propagate_text_alignment_from_parent(&flags_info)
         }
         // There are no child contexts, so stop here.