diff --git a/components/layout_thread/lib.rs b/components/layout_thread/lib.rs
index e456672e4fa0..31500461fa4f 100644
--- a/components/layout_thread/lib.rs
+++ b/components/layout_thread/lib.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ use style::error_reporting::StdoutErrorReporter;
 use style::logical_geometry::LogicalPoint;
 use style::media_queries::{Device, MediaType};
 use style::parser::ParserContextExtraData;
-use style::servo::AUTHOR_SHARED_LOCK;
 use style::servo::restyle_damage::{REFLOW, REFLOW_OUT_OF_FLOW, REPAINT, REPOSITION, STORE_OVERFLOW};
 use style::shared_lock::{SharedRwLock, SharedRwLockReadGuard, StylesheetGuards};
 use style::stylesheets::{Origin, Stylesheet, UserAgentStylesheets};
@@ -190,6 +189,9 @@ pub struct LayoutThread {
     /// The root of the flow tree.
     root_flow: Option<FlowRef>,
 
+    /// The document-specific shared lock used for author-origin stylesheets
+    document_shared_lock: Option<SharedRwLock>,
+
     /// The list of currently-running animations.
     running_animations: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<OpaqueNode, Vec<Animation>>>>,
 
@@ -442,6 +444,7 @@ impl LayoutThread {
             new_animations_receiver: new_animations_receiver,
             outstanding_web_fonts: outstanding_web_fonts_counter,
             root_flow: None,
+            document_shared_lock: None,
             running_animations: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
             expired_animations: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
             epoch: Epoch(0),
@@ -1020,7 +1023,9 @@ impl LayoutThread {
 
         // Calculate the actual viewport as per DEVICE-ADAPT § 6
 
-        let author_guard = document.style_shared_lock().read();
+        let document_shared_lock = document.style_shared_lock();
+        self.document_shared_lock = Some(document_shared_lock.clone());
+        let author_guard = document_shared_lock.read();
         let device = Device::new(MediaType::Screen, initial_viewport);
         Arc::get_mut(&mut rw_data.stylist).unwrap()
             .set_device(device, &author_guard, &data.document_stylesheets);
@@ -1349,20 +1354,23 @@ impl LayoutThread {
             println!("**** pipeline={}\tForDisplay\tSpecial\tAnimationTick", self.id);
         }
 
-        let reflow_info = Reflow {
-            goal: ReflowGoal::ForDisplay,
-            page_clip_rect: max_rect(),
-        };
-
-        let author_guard = AUTHOR_SHARED_LOCK.read();
-        let ua_or_user_guard = UA_STYLESHEETS.shared_lock.read();
-        let guards = StylesheetGuards {
-            author: &author_guard,
-            ua_or_user: &ua_or_user_guard,
-        };
-        let mut layout_context = self.build_layout_context(guards, &*rw_data, false);
-
         if let Some(mut root_flow) = self.root_flow.clone() {
+            let reflow_info = Reflow {
+                goal: ReflowGoal::ForDisplay,
+                page_clip_rect: max_rect(),
+            };
+
+            // Unwrap here should not panic since self.root_flow is only ever set to Some(_)
+            // in handle_reflow() where self.document_shared_lock is as well.
+            let author_shared_lock = self.document_shared_lock.clone().unwrap();
+            let author_guard = author_shared_lock.read();
+            let ua_or_user_guard = UA_STYLESHEETS.shared_lock.read();
+            let guards = StylesheetGuards {
+                author: &author_guard,
+                ua_or_user: &ua_or_user_guard,
+            };
+            let mut layout_context = self.build_layout_context(guards, &*rw_data, false);
+
             {
                 // Perform an abbreviated style recalc that operates without access to the DOM.
                 let animations = self.running_animations.read();
@@ -1380,8 +1388,8 @@ impl LayoutThread {
                                                          None,
                                                          &mut *rw_data,
                                                          &mut layout_context);
+            assert!(layout_context.pending_images.is_none());
         }
-        assert!(layout_context.pending_images.is_none());
     }
 
     fn perform_post_style_recalc_layout_passes(&mut self,
diff --git a/components/script/dom/document.rs b/components/script/dom/document.rs
index b875c75d8371..7a50fe5cf6c0 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/document.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/document.rs
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ use style::attr::AttrValue;
 use style::context::{QuirksMode, ReflowGoal};
 use style::restyle_hints::{RestyleHint, RESTYLE_STYLE_ATTRIBUTE};
 use style::selector_parser::{RestyleDamage, Snapshot};
-use style::servo::AUTHOR_SHARED_LOCK;
 use style::shared_lock::SharedRwLock as StyleSharedRwLock;
 use style::str::{HTML_SPACE_CHARACTERS, split_html_space_chars, str_join};
 use style::stylesheets::Stylesheet;
@@ -2132,7 +2131,7 @@ impl Document {
             scripts: Default::default(),
             anchors: Default::default(),
             applets: Default::default(),
-            style_shared_lock: AUTHOR_SHARED_LOCK.clone(),
+            style_shared_lock: StyleSharedRwLock::new(),
             stylesheets: DOMRefCell::new(None),
             stylesheets_changed_since_reflow: Cell::new(false),
             stylesheet_list: MutNullableJS::new(None),
diff --git a/components/style/servo/mod.rs b/components/style/servo/mod.rs
index ff6890658d38..ad741616eeb7 100644
--- a/components/style/servo/mod.rs
+++ b/components/style/servo/mod.rs
@@ -9,13 +9,3 @@
 pub mod media_queries;
 pub mod restyle_damage;
 pub mod selector_parser;
-
-use shared_lock::SharedRwLock;
-
-lazy_static! {
-    /// Per-process shared lock for author-origin stylesheets
-    ///
-    /// FIXME: make it per-document or per-pipeline instead:
-    /// https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/16027
-    pub static ref AUTHOR_SHARED_LOCK: SharedRwLock = SharedRwLock::new();
-}