diff --git a/lib/capybara/selenium/node.rb b/lib/capybara/selenium/node.rb
index 3c88b2cf..9704a9c0 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/selenium/node.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/selenium/node.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Capybara::Selenium::Node < Capybara::Driver::Node
   end
 
   def [](name)
-    @attrs = {}
+    @attrs ||= {}
     @attrs[name] ||= native.attribute(name.to_s)
   rescue Selenium::WebDriver::Error::WebDriverError
     nil