diff --git a/lighthouse-core/audits/preload-lcp-image.js b/lighthouse-core/audits/preload-lcp-image.js
index a5ba2602a5ef..5cd336cb0c12 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/audits/preload-lcp-image.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/audits/preload-lcp-image.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class PreloadLCPImageAudit extends Audit {
     if (!lcpElement) return undefined;
 
     const lcpImageElement = imageElements.find(elem => {
-      return elem.devtoolsNodePath === lcpElement.devtoolsNodePath;
+      return elem.node.devtoolsNodePath === lcpElement.node.devtoolsNodePath;
     });
 
     if (!lcpImageElement) return undefined;
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/test/audits/preload-lcp-image-test.js b/lighthouse-core/test/audits/preload-lcp-image-test.js
index 3eb8a37d852d..bec3bb0f0cb7 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/test/audits/preload-lcp-image-test.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/test/audits/preload-lcp-image-test.js
@@ -31,13 +31,15 @@ describe('Performance: preload-lcp audit', () => {
       TraceElements: [
         {
           traceEventType: 'largest-contentful-paint',
-          devtoolsNodePath: '1,HTML,1,BODY,3,DIV,2,IMG',
+          node: {
+            devtoolsNodePath: '1,HTML,1,BODY,3,DIV,2,IMG'},
         },
       ],
       ImageElements: [
         {
           src: imageUrl,
-          devtoolsNodePath: '1,HTML,1,BODY,3,DIV,2,IMG',
+          node: {
+            devtoolsNodePath: '1,HTML,1,BODY,3,DIV,2,IMG'},
         },
       ],
     };