diff --git a/static/app/utils/replays/replayReader.spec.tsx b/static/app/utils/replays/replayReader.spec.tsx
index 67197be35dc7be..afdafb26a31e83 100644
--- a/static/app/utils/replays/replayReader.spec.tsx
+++ b/static/app/utils/replays/replayReader.spec.tsx
@@ -494,4 +494,115 @@ describe('ReplayReader', () => {
       ]);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('getRRWebFramesWithoutStyles', () => {
+    it('should remove style nodes and their content', () => {
+      const reader = ReplayReader.factory({
+        attachments: [
+          {
+            type: EventType.FullSnapshot,
+            data: {
+              node: {
+                type: 1,
+                tagName: 'html',
+                childNodes: [],
+              },
+            },
+            timestamp: 0,
+          },
+          {
+            type: EventType.IncrementalSnapshot,
+            data: {
+              source: IncrementalSource.Mutation,
+              adds: [
+                {
+                  parentId: 4,
+                  nextId: 21,
+                  node: {
+                    type: 2,
+                    tagName: 'style',
+                    attributes: {
+                      'data-emotion': 'css',
+                      'data-s': '',
+                      _cssText: '.css {...} ',
+                    },
+                    childNodes: [],
+                    id: 47,
+                  },
+                },
+                {
+                  parentId: 414,
+                  nextId: null,
+                  node: {
+                    type: 3,
+                    textContent: '.css {...}',
+                    isStyle: true,
+                    id: 427,
+                  },
+                },
+                {
+                  parentId: 5,
+                  nextId: 22,
+                  node: {
+                    type: 1,
+                    tagName: 'div',
+                    attributes: {
+                      class: 'test',
+                    },
+                    childNodes: [],
+                    id: 48,
+                  },
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+            timestamp: 0,
+          },
+        ],
+        errors: [],
+        fetching: false,
+        replayRecord: ReplayRecordFixture(),
+      });
+
+      if (!reader) {
+        throw new Error('Failed to create ReplayReader instance');
+      }
+
+      const result = reader.getRRWebFramesWithoutStyles();
+
+      expect(result).toEqual([
+        {data: {node: {childNodes: [], tagName: 'html', type: 1}}, timestamp: 0, type: 2},
+        {
+          data: {
+            adds: [
+              {
+                nextId: 21,
+                node: {attributes: {}, childNodes: [], id: 47, tagName: 'style', type: 2},
+                parentId: 4,
+              },
+              {
+                nextId: null,
+                node: {id: 427, isStyle: true, textContent: '', type: 3},
+                parentId: 414,
+              },
+              {
+                nextId: 22,
+                node: {
+                  attributes: {class: 'test'},
+                  childNodes: [],
+                  id: 48,
+                  tagName: 'div',
+                  type: 1,
+                },
+                parentId: 5,
+              },
+            ],
+            source: 0,
+          },
+          timestamp: 0,
+          type: 3,
+        },
+        {data: {payload: {}, tag: 'replay.end'}, timestamp: expect.any(Number), type: 5},
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/static/app/utils/replays/replayReader.tsx b/static/app/utils/replays/replayReader.tsx
index acf08de43058d1..0e0f469c767eb1 100644
--- a/static/app/utils/replays/replayReader.tsx
+++ b/static/app/utils/replays/replayReader.tsx
@@ -571,8 +571,8 @@ export default class ReplayReader {
   });
 
   /**
-   * Filter out style mutations as they can cause perf problems especially when
-   * used in replayStepper
+   * Do not include style mutation content as they can cause perf problems when
+   * used in replayStepper. However, we need to keep the nodes itself as to not affect the tree structure.
    */
   getRRWebFramesWithoutStyles = memoize(() => {
     return this.getRRWebFrames().map(e => {
@@ -581,17 +581,62 @@ export default class ReplayReader {
         'source' in e.data &&
         e.data.source === IncrementalSource.Mutation
       ) {
+        // Example `data` object:
+        // [{
+        //       "parentId": 4,
+        //       "nextId": 21,
+        //       "node": {
+        //           "type": 2,
+        //           "tagName": "style",
+        //           "attributes": {
+        //               "data-emotion": "css",
+        //               "data-s": "",
+        //               "_cssText": ".css {...} "
+        //           },
+        //           "childNodes": [],
+        //           "id": 47
+        //       }
+        //   },
+        //   {
+        //       "parentId": 414,
+        //       "nextId": null,
+        //       "node": {
+        //           "type": 3,
+        //           "textContent": ".css {...}",
+        //           "isStyle": true,
+        //           "id": 427
+        //       }
+        //   }
+        // ]
+
         return {
           ...e,
           data: {
             ...e.data,
-            adds: e.data.adds.filter(
-              add =>
-                !(
-                  (add.node.type === 3 && add.node.isStyle) ||
-                  (add.node.type === 2 && add.node.tagName === 'style')
-                )
-            ),
+            adds: e.data.adds.map(add => {
+              if (add.node.type === 3 && add.node.isStyle) {
+                return {
+                  ...add,
+                  node: {
+                    ...add.node,
+                    textContent: '',
+                  },
+                };
+              }
+
+              if (add.node.type === 2 && add.node.tagName === 'style') {
+                return {
+                  ...add,
+                  node: {
+                    ...add.node,
+                    attributes: {},
+                    childNodes: [],
+                  },
+                };
+              }
+
+              return add;
+            }),
           },
         };
       }