diff --git a/lib/less/browser.js b/lib/less/browser.js
index 77e59ae1..9e4afb7f 100644
--- a/lib/less/browser.js
+++ b/lib/less/browser.js
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ function loadStyles() {
             new(less.Parser)().parse(styles[i].innerHTML || '', function (e, tree) {
                 var css = tree.toCSS();
                 var style = styles[i];
-                try {
-                    style.innerHTML = css;
-                } catch (_) {
-                    style.styleSheets.cssText = css;
-                }
                 style.type = 'text/css';
+                if (style.styleSheet) {
+                    style.styleSheet.cssText = css;
+                } else {
+                    style.innerHTML = css;
+                }
             });
         }
     }