diff --git a/mobile/android/base/util/Clipboard.java b/mobile/android/base/util/Clipboard.java
index 9182458fc383..ca1548398540 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/util/Clipboard.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/util/Clipboard.java
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 public final class Clipboard {
-    private static Context mContext;
+    // Volatile but not synchronized: we don't care about the race condition in
+    // init, because both app contexts will be the same, but we do care about a
+    // thread having a stale null value of mContext.
+    /* inner-access */ volatile static Context mContext;
     private final static String LOGTAG = "GeckoClipboard";
     private final static SynchronousQueue<String> sClipboardQueue = new SynchronousQueue<String>();
 
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ public final class Clipboard {
                 } catch (InterruptedException ie) {}
             }
         });
+
         try {
             return sClipboardQueue.take();
         } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
@@ -61,9 +65,11 @@ public final class Clipboard {
             @Override
             @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
             public void run() {
+                // In API Level 11 and above, CLIPBOARD_SERVICE returns android.content.ClipboardManager,
+                // which is a subclass of android.text.ClipboardManager.
                 if (Versions.feature11Plus) {
-                    android.content.ClipboardManager cm = getClipboardManager(mContext);
-                    ClipData clip = ClipData.newPlainText("Text", text);
+                    final android.content.ClipboardManager cm = (android.content.ClipboardManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
+                    final ClipData clip = ClipData.newPlainText("Text", text);
                     try {
                         cm.setPrimaryClip(clip);
                     } catch (NullPointerException e) {
@@ -71,27 +77,28 @@ public final class Clipboard {
                         // a NullPointerException if Samsung's /data/clipboard directory is full.
                         // Fortunately, the text is still successfully copied to the clipboard.
                     }
-                } else {
-                    android.text.ClipboardManager cm = getDeprecatedClipboardManager(mContext);
-                    cm.setText(text);
+                    return;
                 }
+
+                // Deprecated.
+                android.text.ClipboardManager cm = (android.text.ClipboardManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
+                cm.setText(text);
             }
         });
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns true if the clipboard is nonempty, false otherwise.
-     *
      * @return true if the clipboard is nonempty, false otherwise.
      */
     @WrapElementForJNI
     public static boolean hasText() {
         if (Versions.feature11Plus) {
-            android.content.ClipboardManager cm = getClipboardManager(mContext);
+            android.content.ClipboardManager cm = (android.content.ClipboardManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
             return cm.hasPrimaryClip();
         }
 
-        android.text.ClipboardManager cm = getDeprecatedClipboardManager(mContext);
+        // Deprecated.
+        android.text.ClipboardManager cm = (android.text.ClipboardManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
         return cm.hasText();
     }
 
@@ -103,23 +110,15 @@ public final class Clipboard {
         setText(null);
     }
 
-    private static android.content.ClipboardManager getClipboardManager(Context context) {
-        // In API Level 11 and above, CLIPBOARD_SERVICE returns android.content.ClipboardManager,
-        // which is a subclass of android.text.ClipboardManager.
-        return (android.content.ClipboardManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
-    }
-
-    private static android.text.ClipboardManager getDeprecatedClipboardManager(Context context) {
-        return (android.text.ClipboardManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
-    }
-
-    /* On some devices, access to the clipboard service needs to happen
+    /**
+     * On some devices, access to the clipboard service needs to happen
      * on a thread with a looper, so this function requires a looper is
-     * present on the thread. */
+     * present on the thread.
+     */
     @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-    private static String getClipboardTextImpl() {
+    /* inner-access */ static String getClipboardTextImpl() {
         if (Versions.feature11Plus) {
-            android.content.ClipboardManager cm = getClipboardManager(mContext);
+            android.content.ClipboardManager cm = (android.content.ClipboardManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
             if (cm.hasPrimaryClip()) {
                 ClipData clip = cm.getPrimaryClip();
                 if (clip != null) {
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ public final class Clipboard {
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            android.text.ClipboardManager cm = getDeprecatedClipboardManager(mContext);
+            android.text.ClipboardManager cm = (android.text.ClipboardManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
             if (cm.hasText()) {
                 return cm.getText().toString();
             }