diff --git a/crates/svg/src/lib.rs b/crates/svg/src/lib.rs
index 1f3dee63c..adddee0c0 100644
--- a/crates/svg/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/src/lib.rs
@@ -483,13 +483,14 @@ fn parse_css(css: &str, sheet: &mut StyleSheet) -> Result<(), Error> {
         if sel.starts_with('@') {
             continue;
         }
-        let decls = parse_decls(body);
+        let mut decls = parse_decls(body);
         sheet.decls = sheet.decls.saturating_add(decls.len());
         if sheet.decls > MAX_CSS_DECLARATIONS {
             return Err(Error::Xml(format!("its <style> sheets hold more than {MAX_CSS_DECLARATIONS} declarations")));
         }
-        let block = sheet.blocks.len();
-        sheet.blocks.push(decls);
+        // Stored with the rule's first accepted selector: a rule of unsupported selectors only
+        // (`a b{}`, repeated) adds no block.
+        let mut block = None;
         for one in sel.split(',') {
             let one = one.trim();
             // Only simple selectors (no combinators / pseudo-classes / attributes).
@@ -499,6 +500,11 @@ fn parse_css(css: &str, sheet: &mut StyleSheet) -> Result<(), Error> {
             if sheet.rules.len() >= MAX_CSS_SELECTORS {
                 return Err(Error::Xml(format!("its <style> sheets hold more than {MAX_CSS_SELECTORS} selectors")));
             }
+            let block = *block.get_or_insert_with(|| {
+                let i = sheet.blocks.len();
+                sheet.blocks.push(std::mem::take(&mut decls));
+                i
+            });
             let mut tag = None;
             let mut classes = vec![];
             let mut id = None;
@@ -611,8 +617,13 @@ impl<'a, 'i> Parser<'a, 'i> {
         if css.rules.is_empty() {
             return;
         }
+        // Splitting and sorting the class list is work too: charge its length first.
+        let class = n.attribute("class").unwrap_or_default();
+        if !self.charge_css(class.len()) {
+            return;
+        }
         let tag = n.tag_name().name();
-        let mut classes: Vec<&str> = n.attribute("class").map(|c| c.split_whitespace().collect()).unwrap_or_default();
+        let mut classes: Vec<&str> = class.split_whitespace().collect();
         classes.sort_unstable();
         classes.dedup();
         let id = n.attribute("id");
diff --git a/crates/svg/src/tests.rs b/crates/svg/src/tests.rs
index cda02cc33..96dc24001 100644
--- a/crates/svg/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/src/tests.rs
@@ -334,6 +334,32 @@ fn a_comma_list_stores_its_declarations_once() {
     assert_eq!(sheet.decls, 50);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn rules_of_unsupported_selectors_store_no_blocks() {
+    let mut sheet = StyleSheet::default();
+    parse_css(&"a b{}".repeat(100_000), &mut sheet).unwrap();
+    parse_css("a b{fill:red} a>b, rect{fill:blue} c:hover, d{fill:red}", &mut sheet).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(sheet.rules.len(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(sheet.blocks.len(), 2);
+    assert!(sheet.rules.iter().all(|r| sheet.blocks.get(r.block).is_some_and(|b| b.len() == 1)));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn huge_class_lists_count_against_the_matching_budget() {
+    // One rule, but a 1 MB class attribute re-split on each of 100 `<use>` copies (#2140).
+    let class = "a ".repeat(500_000);
+    let uses: String = (0..100).map(|i| format!(r##"<use href="#r" x="{i}"/>"##)).collect();
+    let svg = |uses: &str| {
+        format!(
+            r##"<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="10" height="10"><style>.z{{fill:red}}</style><defs><rect id="r" width="1" height="1" class="{class}"/></defs>{uses}</svg>"##
+        )
+    };
+    let e = parse(svg(&uses).as_bytes()).unwrap_err();
+    assert!(e.to_string().contains("<style> rules"), "{e}");
+    let few: String = uses.split_inclusive("/>").take(10).collect();
+    assert!(parse(svg(&few).as_bytes()).is_ok());
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn matching_work_past_the_budget_errors_without_doing_it() {
     // Within both sheet caps, yet one rectangle would apply 10 000 x 5 001 declarations.