diff --git a/netwerk/base/nsIOService.cpp b/netwerk/base/nsIOService.cpp
index 89f30b196b9e..0f3e48edd480 100644
--- a/netwerk/base/nsIOService.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/base/nsIOService.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "nsINode.h"
 #include "nsIWidget.h"
 #include "nsThreadUtils.h"
+#include "mozilla/AppShutdown.h"
 #include "mozilla/LoadInfo.h"
 #include "mozilla/net/NeckoCommon.h"
 #include "mozilla/Services.h"
@@ -514,7 +515,8 @@ nsresult nsIOService::LaunchSocketProcess() {
     return NS_OK;
   }
 
-  if (mShutdown) {
+  // We shouldn't launch socket prcess when shutdown begins.
+  if (AppShutdown::IsInOrBeyond(ShutdownPhase::AppShutdownConfirmed)) {
     return NS_OK;
   }
 
diff --git a/netwerk/ipc/SocketProcessBridgeChild.cpp b/netwerk/ipc/SocketProcessBridgeChild.cpp
index 08f16f2e4b2f..ec7f45b05245 100644
--- a/netwerk/ipc/SocketProcessBridgeChild.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/ipc/SocketProcessBridgeChild.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "SocketProcessBridgeChild.h"
 #include "SocketProcessLogging.h"
 
+#include "mozilla/AppShutdown.h"
 #include "mozilla/dom/ContentChild.h"
 #include "mozilla/ipc/BackgroundChild.h"
 #include "mozilla/ipc/Endpoint.h"
@@ -156,7 +157,8 @@ mozilla::ipc::IPCResult SocketProcessBridgeChild::RecvTest() {
 void SocketProcessBridgeChild::ActorDestroy(ActorDestroyReason aWhy) {
   LOG(("SocketProcessBridgeChild::ActorDestroy\n"));
   if (AbnormalShutdown == aWhy) {
-    if (gNeckoChild) {
+    if (gNeckoChild &&
+        !AppShutdown::IsInOrBeyond(ShutdownPhase::AppShutdownConfirmed)) {
       // Let NeckoParent know that the socket process connections must be
       // rebuilt.
       gNeckoChild->SendResetSocketProcessBridge();