diff --git a/browser/devtools/styleinspector/test/browser.ini b/browser/devtools/styleinspector/test/browser.ini
index afee1c15850f..2126f1a525d7 100644
--- a/browser/devtools/styleinspector/test/browser.ini
+++ b/browser/devtools/styleinspector/test/browser.ini
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ skip-if = e10s # bug 1040670 Cannot open inline styles in viewSourceUtils
 [browser_styleinspector_refresh_when_active.js]
 [browser_styleinspector_tooltip-background-image.js]
 [browser_styleinspector_tooltip-closes-on-new-selection.js]
-skip-if = e10s || os == 'linux' # Bug 1111546 (e10s), bug 1093431 (linux)
+skip-if = e10s # Bug 1111546 (e10s)
 [browser_styleinspector_tooltip-longhand-fontfamily.js]
 [browser_styleinspector_tooltip-multiple-background-images.js]
 [browser_styleinspector_tooltip-shorthand-fontfamily.js]
diff --git a/browser/devtools/styleinspector/test/browser_styleinspector_tooltip-closes-on-new-selection.js b/browser/devtools/styleinspector/test/browser_styleinspector_tooltip-closes-on-new-selection.js
index 0c0572095105..2b198cd65149 100644
--- a/browser/devtools/styleinspector/test/browser_styleinspector_tooltip-closes-on-new-selection.js
+++ b/browser/devtools/styleinspector/test/browser_styleinspector_tooltip-closes-on-new-selection.js
@@ -23,9 +23,17 @@ add_task(function*() {
 
 function* testRuleView(ruleView, inspector) {
   info("Showing the tooltip");
+
   let tooltip = ruleView.tooltips.previewTooltip;
+  tooltip.setTextContent({messages: ["rule-view tooltip"]});
+  // Stop listening for mouse movements because it's not needed for this test,
+  // and causes intermittent failures on Linux. When this test runs in the suite
+  // sometimes a mouseleave event is dispatched at the start, which causes the
+  // tooltip to hide in the middle of being shown, which causes timeouts later.
+  tooltip.stopTogglingOnHover();
+
   let onShown = tooltip.once("shown");
-  tooltip.show();
+  tooltip.show(ruleView.styleDocument.firstElementChild);
   yield onShown;
 
   info("Selecting a new node");
@@ -38,9 +46,17 @@ function* testRuleView(ruleView, inspector) {
 
 function* testComputedView(computedView, inspector) {
   info("Showing the tooltip");
+
   let tooltip = computedView.tooltips.previewTooltip;
+  tooltip.setTextContent({messages: ["computed-view tooltip"]});
+  // Stop listening for mouse movements because it's not needed for this test,
+  // and causes intermittent failures on Linux. When this test runs in the suite
+  // sometimes a mouseleave event is dispatched at the start, which causes the
+  // tooltip to hide in the middle of being shown, which causes timeouts later.
+  tooltip.stopTogglingOnHover();
+
   let onShown = tooltip.once("shown");
-  tooltip.show();
+  tooltip.show(computedView.styleDocument.firstElementChild);
   yield onShown;
 
   info("Selecting a new node");