diff --git a/LayoutTests/ChangeLog b/LayoutTests/ChangeLog
index 0a91f6f..6a12375 100644
--- a/LayoutTests/ChangeLog
+++ b/LayoutTests/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2022-01-27  Cameron McCormack  <heycam@apple.com>
+
+        Avoid setting and clearing :active state when dispatching synthetic click events when possible
+        https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235672
+        <rdar://problem/88095418>
+
+        Reviewed by Simon Fraser.
+
+        * platform/gtk/inspector/timeline/line-column-expected.txt:
+
 2022-01-26  ChangSeok Oh  <changseok@webkit.org>
 
         [GTK] WTR: Native HTML form validation popover is not supported
diff --git a/LayoutTests/platform/gtk/inspector/timeline/line-column-expected.txt b/LayoutTests/platform/gtk/inspector/timeline/line-column-expected.txt
index b0a18cf..25f930e 100644
--- a/LayoutTests/platform/gtk/inspector/timeline/line-column-expected.txt
+++ b/LayoutTests/platform/gtk/inspector/timeline/line-column-expected.txt
@@ -8,49 +8,6 @@
 PASS: Capturing started.
 {
   "startTime": "<filtered>",
-  "stackTrace": [
-    {
-      "functionName": "click",
-      "url": "[native code]",
-      "scriptId": "<filtered>",
-      "lineNumber": 0,
-      "columnNumber": 0
-    },
-    {
-      "functionName": "willCallFunctionTest",
-      "url": "timeline/line-column.html",
-      "scriptId": "<filtered>",
-      "lineNumber": 26,
-      "columnNumber": 44
-    },
-    {
-      "functionName": "global code",
-      "url": "",
-      "scriptId": "<filtered>",
-      "lineNumber": 1,
-      "columnNumber": 21
-    },
-    {
-      "functionName": "evaluateWithScopeExtension",
-      "url": "[native code]",
-      "scriptId": "<filtered>",
-      "lineNumber": 0,
-      "columnNumber": 0
-    },
-    {
-      "functionName": "",
-      "url": "",
-      "scriptId": "<filtered>",
-      "lineNumber": 142,
-      "columnNumber": 97
-    }
-  ],
-  "data": {},
-  "frameId": "<filtered>",
-  "type": "ScheduleStyleRecalculation"
-}
-{
-  "startTime": "<filtered>",
   "frameId": "<filtered>",
   "data": {
     "type": "click",
diff --git a/Source/WebCore/ChangeLog b/Source/WebCore/ChangeLog
index add7cda..f1bfded 100644
--- a/Source/WebCore/ChangeLog
+++ b/Source/WebCore/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+2022-01-27  Cameron McCormack  <heycam@apple.com>
+
+        Avoid setting and clearing :active state when dispatching synthetic click events when possible
+        https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235672
+        <rdar://problem/88095418>
+
+        Reviewed by Simon Fraser.
+
+        Simulated click events are dispatched with two options:
+
+        - whether to send associated events mouseover, mouseup, mousedown
+        - whether to repaint the target element with its pressed look
+
+        We currently always set the element's :active state just after when we'd
+        send the mousedown event, and clear it just after that.
+
+        When we dispatch a simulated click event with neither of the above
+        options set, there's no way to observe the temporary :active state on
+        the element. We can skip it in that case.
+
+        We need to continue clearing clearing the :active state regardless,
+        because some callers have already set :active and are relying on
+        simulateClick to clear it.
+
+        This patch is a 0.3-0.4% improvement on Speedometer 2.
+
+        * dom/SimulatedClick.cpp:
+        (WebCore::simulateClick):
+
 2022-01-26  Jean-Yves Avenard  <jya@apple.com>
 
         REGRESSION(r287684) speedtest.net uses many GB of memory
diff --git a/Source/WebCore/dom/SimulatedClick.cpp b/Source/WebCore/dom/SimulatedClick.cpp
index c9c38d9..52e61a0 100644
--- a/Source/WebCore/dom/SimulatedClick.cpp
+++ b/Source/WebCore/dom/SimulatedClick.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@
 
     if (mouseEventOptions != SendNoEvents)
         simulateMouseEvent(eventNames().mousedownEvent, element, underlyingEvent, creationOptions);
-    element.setActive(true, visualOptions == ShowPressedLook);
+    if (mouseEventOptions != SendNoEvents || visualOptions == ShowPressedLook)
+        element.setActive(true, true);
     if (mouseEventOptions != SendNoEvents)
         simulateMouseEvent(eventNames().mouseupEvent, element, underlyingEvent, creationOptions);
     element.setActive(false);