diff --git a/gfx/thebes/gfxFT2FontBase.cpp b/gfx/thebes/gfxFT2FontBase.cpp
index ee4e9e2cbede..5b53009f2c7a 100644
--- a/gfx/thebes/gfxFT2FontBase.cpp
+++ b/gfx/thebes/gfxFT2FontBase.cpp
@@ -516,10 +516,10 @@ gfxFT2FontBase::GetFTGlyphAdvance(uint16_t aGID)
         // Failed to get the FT_Face? Give up already.
         return 0;
     }
+    bool hinting = gfxPlatform::GetPlatform()->FontHintingEnabled();
     int32_t flags =
-        gfxPlatform::GetPlatform()->FontHintingEnabled()
-            ? FT_LOAD_ADVANCE_ONLY
-            : FT_LOAD_ADVANCE_ONLY | FT_LOAD_NO_AUTOHINT | FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING;
+        hinting ? FT_LOAD_ADVANCE_ONLY
+                : FT_LOAD_ADVANCE_ONLY | FT_LOAD_NO_AUTOHINT | FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING;
     FT_Error ftError = FT_Load_Glyph(face.get(), aGID, flags);
     MOZ_ASSERT(!ftError);
     if (ftError != FT_Err_Ok) {
@@ -527,7 +527,11 @@ gfxFT2FontBase::GetFTGlyphAdvance(uint16_t aGID)
         return 0;
     }
     FT_Fixed advance = 0;
-    if (face.get()->face_flags & FT_FACE_FLAG_SCALABLE) {
+    // Due to freetype bug 52683 we MUST use the linearHoriAdvance field when
+    // dealing with a variation font; also use it for scalable fonts when not
+    // applying hinting. Otherwise, prefer hinted width from glyph->advance.x.
+    if ((face.get()->face_flags & FT_FACE_FLAG_SCALABLE) &&
+        (!hinting || (face.get()->face_flags & FT_FACE_FLAG_MULTIPLE_MASTERS))) {
         advance = face.get()->glyph->linearHoriAdvance;
     } else {
         advance = face.get()->glyph->advance.x << 10; // convert 26.6 to 16.16
diff --git a/layout/reftests/forms/placeholder/reftest.list b/layout/reftests/forms/placeholder/reftest.list
index 525b4ab74a9e..c5a77b443b32 100644
--- a/layout/reftests/forms/placeholder/reftest.list
+++ b/layout/reftests/forms/placeholder/reftest.list
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 == placeholder-3.html placeholder-overridden-ref.html
 == placeholder-4.html placeholder-overridden-ref.html
 == placeholder-5.html placeholder-visible-ref.html
-fuzzy-if(winWidget,160,10) fuzzy-if(Android,1,1) fuzzy-if(asyncPan&&!layersGPUAccelerated,146,317) fuzzy-if(OSX==1010&&browserIsRemote,1,8) == placeholder-6.html placeholder-overflow-ref.html
+fuzzy-if(winWidget,160,10) fuzzy-if(Android,1,1) fuzzy-if(asyncPan&&!layersGPUAccelerated,146,317) fuzzy-if(OSX==1010&&browserIsRemote,1,8) fails-if(webrender) == placeholder-6.html placeholder-overflow-ref.html
 skip-if(Android&&asyncPan) == placeholder-6-textarea.html placeholder-overflow-textarea-ref.html
 # needs-focus == placeholder-7.html placeholder-focus-ref.html
 # needs-focus == placeholder-8.html placeholder-focus-ref.html
diff --git a/layout/reftests/svg/text/reftest.list b/layout/reftests/svg/text/reftest.list
index 0ff23de40c57..f057c0aac48b 100644
--- a/layout/reftests/svg/text/reftest.list
+++ b/layout/reftests/svg/text/reftest.list
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ needs-focus == deselectAll.svg deselectAll-ref.svg
 fuzzy-if(skiaContent,1,250) needs-focus == selectSubString.svg selectSubString-ref.svg
 fuzzy-if(skiaContent,1,600) needs-focus == selectSubString-2.svg selectSubString-2-ref.svg
 fuzzy-if(skiaContent,1,250) needs-focus == selectSubString-3.svg selectSubString-3-ref.svg
-fuzzy-if(webrender,1-1,294-294) needs-focus == simple-selection.svg simple-selection-ref.html
-fuzzy-if(skiaContent,1,100) fuzzy-if(webrender,1-1,594-594) needs-focus == simple-bidi-selection.svg simple-bidi-selection-ref.html
-fuzzy-if(skiaContent,1,50) fuzzy-if(webrender,1-1,294-294) needs-focus == simple-fill-color-selection.svg simple-fill-color-selection-ref.html
-fuzzy-if(skiaContent,1,150) fuzzy-if(webrender,1-1,276-276) needs-focus == simple-underline-selection.svg simple-underline-selection-ref.html
-fuzzy-if(skiaContent,1,300) fuzzy-if(webrender,1-1,1010-1010) needs-focus == multiple-text-selection.svg multiple-text-selection-ref.html
+fuzzy-if(webrender,1-1,237-237) needs-focus == simple-selection.svg simple-selection-ref.html
+fuzzy-if(skiaContent,1,100) fuzzy-if(webrender,1-1,575-575) needs-focus == simple-bidi-selection.svg simple-bidi-selection-ref.html
+fuzzy-if(skiaContent,1,50) fuzzy-if(webrender,1-1,237-237) needs-focus == simple-fill-color-selection.svg simple-fill-color-selection-ref.html
+fuzzy-if(skiaContent,1,150) fuzzy-if(webrender,1-1,222-222) needs-focus == simple-underline-selection.svg simple-underline-selection-ref.html
+fuzzy-if(skiaContent,1,300) fuzzy-if(webrender,1-1,934-934) needs-focus == multiple-text-selection.svg multiple-text-selection-ref.html
 needs-focus == multiple-chunks-selection.svg multiple-chunks-selection-ref.svg
 fuzzy-if(skiaContent,1,200) needs-focus == textpath-selection.svg textpath-selection-ref.svg
diff --git a/testing/web-platform/meta/css/CSS2/backgrounds/background-root-002.xht.ini b/testing/web-platform/meta/css/CSS2/backgrounds/background-root-002.xht.ini
index 8cb5d42619c6..853f9d6789b7 100644
--- a/testing/web-platform/meta/css/CSS2/backgrounds/background-root-002.xht.ini
+++ b/testing/web-platform/meta/css/CSS2/backgrounds/background-root-002.xht.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [background-root-002.xht]
   expected:
     if os == "win": FAIL
+    if os == "linux": FAIL
diff --git a/testing/web-platform/meta/css/CSS2/linebox/vertical-align-baseline-004a.xht.ini b/testing/web-platform/meta/css/CSS2/linebox/vertical-align-baseline-004a.xht.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e3fdfcf722e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/web-platform/meta/css/CSS2/linebox/vertical-align-baseline-004a.xht.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[vertical-align-baseline-004a.xht]
+  expected: FAIL
diff --git a/testing/web-platform/meta/css/CSS2/linebox/vertical-align-baseline-005a.xht.ini b/testing/web-platform/meta/css/CSS2/linebox/vertical-align-baseline-005a.xht.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a6cec1bfc1ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/web-platform/meta/css/CSS2/linebox/vertical-align-baseline-005a.xht.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[vertical-align-baseline-005a.xht]
+  expected: FAIL
diff --git a/testing/web-platform/meta/css/css-text/white-space/white-space-collapsing-preserve-breaks-001.xht.ini b/testing/web-platform/meta/css/css-text/white-space/white-space-collapsing-preserve-breaks-001.xht.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 767492d9d7ef..000000000000
--- a/testing/web-platform/meta/css/css-text/white-space/white-space-collapsing-preserve-breaks-001.xht.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[white-space-collapsing-preserve-breaks-001.xht]
-  expected: FAIL