diff --git a/packages/core/src/runtime/captureMotionBlur/index.ts b/packages/core/src/runtime/captureMotionBlur/index.ts
index 460effbf72f..65a087247f0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/runtime/captureMotionBlur/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/runtime/captureMotionBlur/index.ts
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ function createInstance(host: CaptureMotionBlurHost, config: Config, form: HtmlI
     `[${HIDE_ATTR}] { opacity: 0 !important; }`,
     // The root stays visible: a rotated or scaled mover under a hidden root is captured at the origin, untransformed.
     `[${ONLY_ATTR}] { background: none !important; border-color: transparent !important; box-shadow: none !important; outline-color: transparent !important; }`,
-    `[${ONLY_ATTR}]::before, [${ONLY_ATTR}]::after, [${ONLY_ATTR}] * { visibility: hidden !important; }`,
-    `[${ONLY_ATTR}] [${MOVER_ATTR}], [${ONLY_ATTR}] [${MOVER_ATTR}] * { visibility: visible !important; }`,
+    `[${ONLY_ATTR}]::before, [${ONLY_ATTR}]::after, [${ONLY_ATTR}] *:not([${MOVER_ATTR}], [${MOVER_ATTR}] *) { visibility: hidden !important; }`,
+    `[${ONLY_ATTR}] [${MOVER_ATTR}] { visibility: visible !important; }`,
   ].join("\n");
 
   let movers: HTMLElement[] = [];
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/services/captureMotionBlur.pixels.browser.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/services/captureMotionBlur.pixels.browser.test.ts
index c7dc0667a2d..7566ad1b5d6 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/services/captureMotionBlur.pixels.browser.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/services/captureMotionBlur.pixels.browser.test.ts
@@ -268,6 +268,21 @@ describe.skipIf(!hasBrowser)("capture motion blur pixels in Chrome", () => {
     },
   );
 
+  it("keeps a visibility:hidden child of a mover out of the trail", async (ctx) => {
+    if (!supported) ctx.skip();
+    const body = `<div class="box" style="left:20px;top:80px"><div style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:10px;width:20px;height:20px;background:#0f0;visibility:hidden"></div></div>`;
+    const blurred = await frameOf(body, true, FRAME, "capture");
+    expect(blurred.report).toMatchObject({ state: "on", tier: "capture", movers: 1 });
+    let green = 0;
+    for (let y = 0; y < H; y++) {
+      for (let x = 0; x < W; x++) {
+        const [r = 0, g = 0, b = 0] = px(blurred.frame, x, y);
+        if (g - r > 30 && g - b > 30) green++;
+      }
+    }
+    expect(green).toBe(0);
+  });
+
   it("blurs with filters where capture cannot run, over a page that has a WebGL canvas", async (ctx) => {
     if (!supported) ctx.skip();
     const gl = `<canvas id="gl" width="64" height="36" style="position:absolute;left:0;top:0;width:${W}px;height:${H}px"></canvas><script>document.getElementById("gl").getContext("webgl")</script>`;