diff --git a/dom/events/IMEContentObserver.cpp b/dom/events/IMEContentObserver.cpp
index 852b3221c608..83b76163ac08 100644
--- a/dom/events/IMEContentObserver.cpp
+++ b/dom/events/IMEContentObserver.cpp
@@ -708,9 +708,12 @@ IMEContentObserver::HandleQueryContentEvent(WidgetQueryContentEvent* aEvent)
   // value.  Note that don't update selection cache here since if you update
   // selection cache here, IMENotificationSender won't notify IME of selection
   // change because it looks like that the selection isn't actually changed.
-  if (aEvent->mMessage == eQuerySelectedText && aEvent->mUseNativeLineBreak &&
-      aEvent->mInput.mSelectionType == SelectionType::eNormal &&
-      mSelectionData.IsValid() && !mNeedsToNotifyIMEOfSelectionChange) {
+  bool isSelectionCacheAvailable =
+    aEvent->mUseNativeLineBreak && mSelectionData.IsValid() &&
+    !mNeedsToNotifyIMEOfSelectionChange;
+  if (isSelectionCacheAvailable &&
+      aEvent->mMessage == eQuerySelectedText &&
+      aEvent->mInput.mSelectionType == SelectionType::eNormal) {
     aEvent->mReply.mContentsRoot = mRootContent;
     aEvent->mReply.mHasSelection = !mSelectionData.IsCollapsed();
     aEvent->mReply.mOffset = mSelectionData.mOffset;
@@ -728,6 +731,32 @@ IMEContentObserver::HandleQueryContentEvent(WidgetQueryContentEvent* aEvent)
     ("IMECO: 0x%p IMEContentObserver::HandleQueryContentEvent(aEvent={ "
      "mMessage=%s })", this, ToChar(aEvent->mMessage)));
 
+  // If we can make the event's input offset absolute with TextComposition or
+  // mSelection, we should set it here for reducing the cost of computing
+  // selection start offset.  If ContentEventHandler receives a
+  // WidgetQueryContentEvent whose input offset is relative to insertion point,
+  // it computes current selection start offset (this may be expensive) and
+  // make the offset absolute value itself.
+  // Note that calling MakeOffsetAbsolute() makes the event a query event with
+  // absolute offset.  So, ContentEventHandler doesn't pay any additional cost
+  // after calling MakeOffsetAbsolute() here.
+  if (aEvent->mInput.mRelativeToInsertionPoint &&
+      aEvent->mInput.IsValidEventMessage(aEvent->mMessage)) {
+    RefPtr<TextComposition> composition =
+      IMEStateManager::GetTextCompositionFor(aEvent->mWidget);
+    if (composition) {
+      uint32_t compositionStart = composition->NativeOffsetOfStartComposition();
+      if (NS_WARN_IF(!aEvent->mInput.MakeOffsetAbsolute(compositionStart))) {
+        return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
+      }
+    } else if (isSelectionCacheAvailable) {
+      uint32_t selectionStart = mSelectionData.mOffset;
+      if (NS_WARN_IF(!aEvent->mInput.MakeOffsetAbsolute(selectionStart))) {
+        return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   AutoRestore<bool> handling(mIsHandlingQueryContentEvent);
   mIsHandlingQueryContentEvent = true;
   ContentEventHandler handler(GetPresContext());