diff --git a/uriloader/exthandler/android/nsAndroidHandlerApp.cpp b/uriloader/exthandler/android/nsAndroidHandlerApp.cpp
index 47f4dff8847f..4c7ffff484f0 100644
--- a/uriloader/exthandler/android/nsAndroidHandlerApp.cpp
+++ b/uriloader/exthandler/android/nsAndroidHandlerApp.cpp
@@ -55,20 +55,19 @@ nsAndroidHandlerApp::SetDetailedDescription(const nsAString & aDescription)
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
+// XXX Workaround for bug 986975 to maintain the existing broken semantics
+template<>
+struct nsISharingHandlerApp::COMTypeInfo<nsAndroidHandlerApp, void> {
+  static const nsIID kIID;
+};
+const nsIID nsISharingHandlerApp::COMTypeInfo<nsAndroidHandlerApp, void>::kIID = NS_IHANDLERAPP_IID;
+
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsAndroidHandlerApp::Equals(nsIHandlerApp *aHandlerApp, bool *aRetval)
 {
-  *aRetval = false;
-  if (!aHandlerApp) {
-    return NS_OK;
-  }
-
-  nsAutoString name;
-  nsAutoString detailedDescription;
-  aHandlerApp->GetName(name);
-  aHandlerApp->GetDetailedDescription(detailedDescription);
-
-  *aRetval = name.Equals(mName) && detailedDescription.Equals(mDescription);
+  nsCOMPtr<nsAndroidHandlerApp> aApp = do_QueryInterface(aHandlerApp);
+  *aRetval = aApp && aApp->mName.Equals(mName) &&
+    aApp->mDescription.Equals(mDescription);
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/uriloader/exthandler/android/nsMIMEInfoAndroid.cpp b/uriloader/exthandler/android/nsMIMEInfoAndroid.cpp
index 6a42289ba90c..ee9bc8570da5 100644
--- a/uriloader/exthandler/android/nsMIMEInfoAndroid.cpp
+++ b/uriloader/exthandler/android/nsMIMEInfoAndroid.cpp
@@ -380,13 +380,11 @@ nsMIMEInfoAndroid::nsMIMEInfoAndroid(const nsACString& aMIMEType) :
   mHandlerApps->AppendElement(mPrefApp, false);
 }
 
-#define SYSTEMCHOOSER_NAME u"Android chooser"
-#define SYSTEMCHOOSER_DESCRIPTION u"Android's default handler application chooser"
-
 NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS(nsMIMEInfoAndroid::SystemChooser, nsIHandlerApp)
 
+
 nsresult nsMIMEInfoAndroid::SystemChooser::GetName(nsAString & aName) {
-  aName.AssignLiteral(SYSTEMCHOOSER_NAME);
+  aName.AssignLiteral(u"Android chooser");
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
@@ -397,7 +395,7 @@ nsMIMEInfoAndroid::SystemChooser::SetName(const nsAString&) {
 
 nsresult
 nsMIMEInfoAndroid::SystemChooser::GetDetailedDescription(nsAString & aDesc) {
-  aDesc.AssignLiteral(SYSTEMCHOOSER_DESCRIPTION);
+  aDesc.AssignLiteral(u"Android's default handler application chooser");
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
@@ -406,20 +404,19 @@ nsMIMEInfoAndroid::SystemChooser::SetDetailedDescription(const nsAString&) {
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
+// XXX Workaround for bug 986975 to maintain the existing broken semantics
+template<>
+struct nsIHandlerApp::COMTypeInfo<nsMIMEInfoAndroid::SystemChooser, void> {
+  static const nsIID kIID;
+};
+const nsIID nsIHandlerApp::COMTypeInfo<nsMIMEInfoAndroid::SystemChooser, void>::kIID = NS_IHANDLERAPP_IID;
+
 nsresult
 nsMIMEInfoAndroid::SystemChooser::Equals(nsIHandlerApp *aHandlerApp, bool *aRetVal) {
+  nsCOMPtr<nsMIMEInfoAndroid::SystemChooser> info = do_QueryInterface(aHandlerApp);
+  if (info)
+    return mOuter->Equals(info->mOuter, aRetVal);
   *aRetVal = false;
-  if (!aHandlerApp) {
-    return NS_OK;
-  }
-
-  nsAutoString name;
-  nsAutoString detailedDescription;
-  aHandlerApp->GetName(name);
-  aHandlerApp->GetDetailedDescription(detailedDescription);
-
-  *aRetVal = name.EqualsLiteral(SYSTEMCHOOSER_NAME) &&
-             detailedDescription.EqualsLiteral(SYSTEMCHOOSER_DESCRIPTION);
   return NS_OK;
 }