diff --git a/browser/base/content/tabbrowser.xml b/browser/base/content/tabbrowser.xml
index 54974d7aaa83..ffd11a1b9efc 100644
--- a/browser/base/content/tabbrowser.xml
+++ b/browser/base/content/tabbrowser.xml
@@ -3906,7 +3906,7 @@
 
           // Call updateCurrentBrowser to make sure the URL bar is up to date
           // for our new tab after we've done swapBrowsersAndCloseOther.
-          this.updateCurrentBrowser(true);
+          this.tabbrowser.updateCurrentBrowser(true);
         } else {
           // Pass true to disallow dropping javascript: or data: urls
           let url;