diff --git a/modules/plugin/base/src/PluginPRLibrary.cpp b/modules/plugin/base/src/PluginPRLibrary.cpp
index 29834edcf5a7..59dccc805d09 100644
--- a/modules/plugin/base/src/PluginPRLibrary.cpp
+++ b/modules/plugin/base/src/PluginPRLibrary.cpp
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ PluginPRLibrary::UseAsyncPainting(NPP instance, PRBool* aIsAsync)
 {
   nsNPAPIPluginInstance* inst = (nsNPAPIPluginInstance*)instance->ndata;
   NS_ENSURE_TRUE(inst, NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER);
-  aIsAsync = PR_FALSE;
+  *aIsAsync = PR_FALSE;
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/plugin/base/src/nsNPAPIPluginInstance.cpp b/modules/plugin/base/src/nsNPAPIPluginInstance.cpp
index b5a5c3b40097..c69153713f87 100644
--- a/modules/plugin/base/src/nsNPAPIPluginInstance.cpp
+++ b/modules/plugin/base/src/nsNPAPIPluginInstance.cpp
@@ -878,9 +878,6 @@ nsNPAPIPluginInstance::NotifyPainted(void)
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsNPAPIPluginInstance::UseAsyncPainting(PRBool* aIsAsync)
 {
-  if (RUNNING != mRunning)
-    return NS_OK;
-
   PluginDestructionGuard guard(this);
 
   if (!mPlugin)