diff --git a/layout/base/FrameLayerBuilder.cpp b/layout/base/FrameLayerBuilder.cpp
index c31447db44be..9b5358bad7be 100644
--- a/layout/base/FrameLayerBuilder.cpp
+++ b/layout/base/FrameLayerBuilder.cpp
@@ -446,13 +446,8 @@ public:
    */
   already_AddRefed<ImageContainer> GetContainerForImageLayer(nsDisplayListBuilder* aBuilder);
 
-  bool VisibleAboveRegionIntersects(const nsIntRect& aRect) const
-  { return mVisibleAboveRegion.Intersects(aRect); }
   bool VisibleAboveRegionIntersects(const nsIntRegion& aRegion) const
   { return !mVisibleAboveRegion.Intersect(aRegion).IsEmpty(); }
-
-  bool VisibleRegionIntersects(const nsIntRect& aRect) const
-  { return mVisibleRegion.Intersects(aRect); }
   bool VisibleRegionIntersects(const nsIntRegion& aRegion) const
   { return !mVisibleRegion.Intersect(aRegion).IsEmpty(); }
 
@@ -1088,6 +1083,13 @@ public:
   nsIFrame* GetContainerFrame() const { return mContainerFrame; }
   nsDisplayListBuilder* Builder() const { return mBuilder; }
 
+  /**
+   * Check if we are currently inside an inactive layer.
+   */
+  bool IsInInactiveLayer() const {
+    return mLayerBuilder->GetContainingPaintedLayerData();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Sets aOuterVisibleRegion as aLayer's visible region. aOuterVisibleRegion
    * is in the coordinate space of the container reference frame.
@@ -2584,12 +2586,22 @@ PaintedLayerDataNode::FindPaintedLayerFor(const nsIntRect& aVisibleRect,
     } else {
       PaintedLayerData* lowestUsableLayer = nullptr;
       for (auto& data : Reversed(mPaintedLayerDataStack)) {
-        if (data.VisibleAboveRegionIntersects(aVisibleRect)) {
+        if (data.mVisibleAboveRegion.Intersects(aVisibleRect)) {
           break;
         }
         MOZ_ASSERT(!data.mExclusiveToOneItem);
         lowestUsableLayer = &data;
-        if (data.VisibleRegionIntersects(aVisibleRect)) {
+        nsIntRegion visibleRegion = data.mVisibleRegion;
+        // When checking whether the visible region intersects the given
+        // visible rect, also include the event-regions in the visible region,
+        // unless we're in an inactive layer, in which case the event-regions
+        // will be hoisted out into their own layer.
+        ContainerState& contState = mTree.ContState();
+        if (!contState.IsInInactiveLayer()) {
+          visibleRegion.OrWith(contState.ScaleRegionToOutsidePixels(data.mHitRegion));
+          visibleRegion.OrWith(contState.ScaleRegionToOutsidePixels(data.mMaybeHitRegion));
+        }
+        if (visibleRegion.Intersects(aVisibleRect)) {
           break;
         }
       }