diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
index ef8356ca63..23542301fe 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
@@ -1256,8 +1256,13 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
       const pair = await this.resolveFrameForSelectorNoWait(selector, options);
       if (!pair)
         return false;
-      const element = await this._page.selectors.query(pair.frame, pair.info);
-      return element ? await element.isVisible() : false;
+      const context = await pair.frame._context(pair.info.world);
+      const injectedScript = await context.injectedScript();
+      return await injectedScript.evaluate((injected, { parsed, strict }) => {
+        const element = injected.querySelector(parsed, document, strict);
+        const state = element ? injected.elementState(element, 'visible') : false;
+        return state === 'error:notconnected' ? false : state;
+      }, { parsed: pair.info.parsed, strict: pair.info.strict });
     }, this._page._timeoutSettings.timeout({}));
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/page/elementhandle-convenience.spec.ts b/tests/page/elementhandle-convenience.spec.ts
index ff17d8c9c5..0d5ed7ee28 100644
--- a/tests/page/elementhandle-convenience.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/elementhandle-convenience.spec.ts
@@ -308,3 +308,25 @@ it('isChecked should work', async ({ page }) => {
   const error = await page.isChecked('div').catch(e => e);
   expect(error.message).toContain('Not a checkbox or radio button');
 });
+
+it('isVisible should be atomic', async ({ playwright, page }) => {
+  const createDummySelector = () => ({
+    query(root, selector) {
+      const result = root.querySelector(selector);
+      if (result)
+        Promise.resolve().then(() => result.style.display = 'none');
+      return result;
+    },
+    queryAll(root: HTMLElement, selector: string) {
+      const result = Array.from(root.querySelectorAll(selector));
+      for (const e of result)
+        Promise.resolve().then(() => (e as HTMLElement).style.display = 'none');
+      return result;
+    }
+  });
+  await playwright.selectors.register('isVisible', createDummySelector);
+  await page.setContent(`<div>Hello</div>`);
+  const result = await page.isVisible('isVisible=div');
+  expect(result).toBe(true);
+  expect(await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('div').style.display)).toBe('none');
+});