const char *declaration_start;
        dom_string *attr;
        dom_exception exc;
+       css_error code;
+       uint8_t   fill_opacity_type;
+       css_fixed fill_opacity;
+       uint8_t   stroke_opacity_type;
+       css_fixed stroke_opacity;
 
        /* We store the result of svgtiny_parse_style_inline() in
         * inline_sheet, and that function returns NULL on error; in
         * particular you do not need to css_stylesheet_destroy() the
-        * result if it is NULL. We initialize inline_sheet to NULL to
-        * retain the same semantics. */
+        * result if it is NULL, and css_stylesheet_destroy() checks
+        * for that case. */
        css_stylesheet *inline_sheet = NULL;
 
+       /* Initialize this to NULL for the same reason: so that we can
+        * safely destroy it later even if we never populated it. */
+       css_select_results *styles = NULL;
+
        /* style attribute */
        exc = dom_element_get_attribute(node, state->interned_style, &attr);
        if (exc != DOM_NO_ERR) {
        }
        dom_string_unref(attr);
 
-       if (inline_sheet != NULL) {
+       struct dom_element *parent;
+       dom_element_parent_node(node, &parent);
+       if (parent == NULL) {
+               /* This is the root <svg> node, skip it.
+               *
+               * While initialising its selection state, libcss sets its
+               * node_data->bloom pointer using css__get_parent_bloom().
+               * But if there is no parent, that function returns,
+               *
+               *   static css_bloom empty_bloom[CSS_BLOOM_SIZE];
+               *
+               * A problem later arises because when libcss FINALISES its
+               * selection state, it frees node_data->bloom! That obviously
+               * won't work then node has no parent, i.e. if it's the root
+               * <svg> element.
+               */
                css_stylesheet_destroy(inline_sheet);
+               return svgtiny_OK;
+       }
+       else {
+               /* We only needed to know if it was NULL */
+               dom_node_unref(parent);
+       }
+
+       code = svgtiny_select_style(state, node, inline_sheet, &styles);
+       css_stylesheet_destroy(inline_sheet);
+       if (code != CSS_OK) {
+               return svgtiny_LIBCSS_ERROR;
+       }
+
+       fill_opacity_type = css_computed_fill_opacity(
+                               styles->styles[CSS_PSEUDO_ELEMENT_NONE],
+                               &fill_opacity);
+       stroke_opacity_type = css_computed_stroke_opacity(
+                               styles->styles[CSS_PSEUDO_ELEMENT_NONE],
+                               &stroke_opacity);
+       css_select_results_destroy(styles);
+
+       if (fill_opacity_type == CSS_FILL_OPACITY_SET) {
+               state->fill_opacity = FIXTOFLT(fill_opacity);
+       }
+       if (stroke_opacity_type == CSS_STROKE_OPACITY_SET) {
+               state->stroke_opacity = FIXTOFLT(stroke_opacity);
        }
 
        return svgtiny_OK;