diff --git a/render/box_construct.c b/render/box_construct.c
index ad39684a1..6a363166f 100644
--- a/render/box_construct.c
+++ b/render/box_construct.c
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ bool box_image(BOX_SPECIAL_PARAMS)
 bool box_noscript(BOX_SPECIAL_PARAMS)
 {
 	/* If scripting is enabled, do not display the contents of noscript */
-	if (nsoption_bool(enable_javascript))
+	if (content->enable_scripting)
 		*convert_children = false;
 
 	return true;
@@ -3025,7 +3025,7 @@ bool box_extract_link(const html_content *content,
 	}
 	s[j] = 0;
 
-	if (nsoption_bool(enable_javascript) == false) {
+	if (content->enable_scripting == false) {
 		/* extract first quoted string out of "javascript:" link */
 		if (strncmp(s, "javascript:", 11) == 0) {
 			apos0 = strchr(s, '\'');
diff --git a/render/html.c b/render/html.c
index a21901775..06e2e0673 100644
--- a/render/html.c
+++ b/render/html.c
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ html_create_html_data(html_content *c, const http_parameter *params)
 	c->scripts = NULL;
 	c->jscontext = NULL;
 
+	c->enable_scripting = nsoption_bool(enable_javascript);
 	c->base.active = 1; /* The html content itself is active */
 
 	if (lwc_intern_string("*", SLEN("*"), &c->universal) != lwc_error_ok) {
@@ -876,7 +877,7 @@ html_create_html_data(html_content *c, const http_parameter *params)
 	/* Create the parser binding */
 	parse_params.enc = c->encoding;
 	parse_params.fix_enc = true;
-	parse_params.enable_script = nsoption_bool(enable_javascript);
+	parse_params.enable_script = c->enable_scripting;
 	parse_params.msg = NULL;
 	parse_params.script = html_process_script;
 	parse_params.ctx = c;
@@ -1019,7 +1020,7 @@ html_process_encoding_change(struct content *c,
 
 	parse_params.enc = html->encoding;
 	parse_params.fix_enc = true;
-	parse_params.enable_script = nsoption_bool(enable_javascript);
+	parse_params.enable_script = html->enable_scripting;
 	parse_params.msg = NULL;
 	parse_params.script = html_process_script;
 	parse_params.ctx = html;
diff --git a/render/html_internal.h b/render/html_internal.h
index e5740dbda..aaecb7823 100644
--- a/render/html_internal.h
+++ b/render/html_internal.h
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ typedef struct html_content {
 	/** Whether a layout (reflow) is in progress */
 	bool reflowing;
 
+	/** Whether scripts are enabled for this content */
+	bool enable_scripting;
+
 	/* Title element node */
 	dom_node *title;