diff --git a/test/wpt/status/encoding.json b/test/wpt/status/encoding.json
index 411bc3401b04c1..f39fc321f2a210 100644
--- a/test/wpt/status/encoding.json
+++ b/test/wpt/status/encoding.json
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
   "api-basics.any.js": {
     "requires": ["small-icu"]
   },
-  "api-invalid-label.any.js": {
-    "skip": "location is not defined"
-  },
   "textdecoder-fatal-streaming.any.js": {
     "requires": ["small-icu"]
   },
@@ -91,7 +88,7 @@
     "requires": ["small-icu"]
   },
   "single-byte-decoder.window.js": {
-    "skip": "location is not defined"
+    "skip": "document is not defined"
   },
   "textdecoder-eof.any.js": {
     "requires": ["small-icu"]
diff --git a/test/wpt/test-encoding.js b/test/wpt/test-encoding.js
index b297648d9cb7ee..901f53e00e22f0 100644
--- a/test/wpt/test-encoding.js
+++ b/test/wpt/test-encoding.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const { WPTRunner } = require('../common/wpt');
 const runner = new WPTRunner('encoding');
 
 runner.setInitScript(`
+  globalThis.location ||= {};
   const { MessageChannel } = require('worker_threads');
   global.MessageChannel = MessageChannel;
 `);