diff --git a/src/Report/Xml/File.php b/src/Report/Xml/File.php
index 0d1e73955..b7c90efa5 100644
--- a/src/Report/Xml/File.php
+++ b/src/Report/Xml/File.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use function assert;
 use DOMDocument;
 use DOMElement;
+use DOMNode;
 
 /**
  * @internal This class is not covered by the backward compatibility promise for phpunit/php-code-coverage
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ class File
 {
     private readonly DOMDocument $dom;
     private readonly DOMElement $contextNode;
+    private ?DOMNode $lineCoverage = null;
 
     public function __construct(DOMElement $context)
     {
@@ -29,16 +31,12 @@ public function __construct(DOMElement $context)
 
     public function totals(): Totals
     {
-        $totalsContainer = $this->contextNode->firstChild;
-
-        if ($totalsContainer === null) {
-            $totalsContainer = $this->contextNode->appendChild(
-                $this->dom->createElementNS(
-                    Facade::XML_NAMESPACE,
-                    'totals',
-                ),
-            );
-        }
+        $totalsContainer = $this->contextNode->appendChild(
+            $this->dom->createElementNS(
+                Facade::XML_NAMESPACE,
+                'totals',
+            ),
+        );
 
         assert($totalsContainer instanceof DOMElement);
 
@@ -47,21 +45,17 @@ public function totals(): Totals
 
     public function lineCoverage(string $line): Coverage
     {
-        $coverage = $this->contextNode->getElementsByTagNameNS(
-            Facade::XML_NAMESPACE,
-            'coverage',
-        )->item(0);
-
-        if ($coverage === null) {
-            $coverage = $this->contextNode->appendChild(
+        if ($this->lineCoverage === null) {
+            $this->lineCoverage = $this->contextNode->appendChild(
                 $this->dom->createElementNS(
                     Facade::XML_NAMESPACE,
                     'coverage',
                 ),
             );
         }
+        assert($this->lineCoverage instanceof DOMElement);
 
-        $lineNode = $coverage->appendChild(
+        $lineNode = $this->lineCoverage->appendChild(
             $this->dom->createElementNS(
                 Facade::XML_NAMESPACE,
                 'line',