diff --git a/src/cdp/Node.zig b/src/cdp/Node.zig
index ddec7418..44b8c9f2 100644
--- a/src/cdp/Node.zig
+++ b/src/cdp/Node.zig
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const Node = @This();
 
 id: Id,
 _node: *parser.Node,
+set_child_nodes_event: bool,
 
 // Whenever we send a node to the client, we register it here for future lookup.
 // We maintain a node -> id and id -> node lookup.
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ pub const Registry = struct {
         node.* = .{
             ._node = n,
             .id = id,
+            .set_child_nodes_event = false,
         };
 
         node_lookup_gop.value_ptr.* = node;
diff --git a/src/cdp/domains/dom.zig b/src/cdp/domains/dom.zig
index 1ea5b9d9..e17aa94e 100644
--- a/src/cdp/domains/dom.zig
+++ b/src/cdp/domains/dom.zig
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ fn performSearch(cmd: anytype) !void {
 // dispatchSetChildNodes send the setChildNodes event for the whole DOM tree
 // hierarchy of each nodes.
 // We dispatch event in the reverse order: from the top level to the direct parents.
-// TODO we should dispatch a node only if it has never been sent.
+// We should dispatch a node only if it has never been sent.
 fn dispatchSetChildNodes(cmd: anytype, nodes: []*parser.Node) !void {
     const arena = cmd.arena;
     const bc = cmd.browser_context orelse return error.BrowserContextNotLoaded;
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ fn dispatchSetChildNodes(cmd: anytype, nodes: []*parser.Node) !void {
 
             // Register the node.
             const node = try bc.node_registry.register(p);
+            if (node.set_child_nodes_event) break;
             try parents.append(arena, node);
             n = p;
         }
@@ -111,14 +112,13 @@ fn dispatchSetChildNodes(cmd: anytype, nodes: []*parser.Node) !void {
     const plen = parents.items.len;
     if (plen == 0) return;
 
-    var uniq: std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(Node.Id, bool) = .{};
     var i: usize = plen;
     while (i > 0) {
         i -= 1;
         const node = parents.items[i];
+        if (node.set_child_nodes_event) continue;
 
-        if (uniq.contains(node.id)) continue;
-        try uniq.putNoClobber(arena, node.id, true);
+        node.set_child_nodes_event = true;
 
         // If the node has no parent, it's the root node.
         // We don't dispatch event for it because we assume the root node is