diff --git a/xpcom/base/nsTraceRefcnt.cpp b/xpcom/base/nsTraceRefcnt.cpp
index caa30e000afb..13ba3f7f7871 100644
--- a/xpcom/base/nsTraceRefcnt.cpp
+++ b/xpcom/base/nsTraceRefcnt.cpp
@@ -61,17 +61,24 @@
 // only held for a very short time, and gets grabbed at a very high frequency
 // (~100000 times per second). On Mac, the overhead of using a regular lock
 // is very high, see bug 1137963.
-static mozilla::Atomic<bool, mozilla::ReleaseAcquire> gTraceLogLocked;
+static mozilla::Atomic<uintptr_t, mozilla::ReleaseAcquire> gTraceLogLocked;
 
 struct MOZ_STACK_CLASS AutoTraceLogLock final
 {
+  bool doRelease;
   AutoTraceLogLock()
+    : doRelease(true)
   {
-    while (!gTraceLogLocked.compareExchange(false, true)) {
-      PR_Sleep(PR_INTERVAL_NO_WAIT); /* yield */
+    uintptr_t currentThread = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(PR_GetCurrentThread());
+    if (gTraceLogLocked == currentThread) {
+      doRelease = false;
+    } else {
+      while (!gTraceLogLocked.compareExchange(0, currentThread)) {
+        PR_Sleep(PR_INTERVAL_NO_WAIT); /* yield */
+      }
     }
   }
-  ~AutoTraceLogLock() { gTraceLogLocked = false; }
+  ~AutoTraceLogLock() { if (doRelease) gTraceLogLocked = 0; }
 };
 
 static PLHashTable* gBloatView;
@@ -1119,14 +1126,14 @@ NS_LogAddRef(void* aPtr, nsrefcnt aRefcnt,
 
     bool loggingThisObject = (!gObjectsToLog || LogThisObj(serialno));
     if (aRefcnt == 1 && gAllocLog && loggingThisType && loggingThisObject) {
-      fprintf(gAllocLog, "\n<%s> %p %" PRIdPTR " Create\n", aClass, aPtr, serialno);
+      fprintf(gAllocLog, "\n<%s> %p %" PRIdPTR " Create [thread %p]\n", aClass, aPtr, serialno, PR_GetCurrentThread());
       nsTraceRefcnt::WalkTheStackCached(gAllocLog);
     }
 
     if (gRefcntsLog && loggingThisType && loggingThisObject) {
       // Can't use MOZ_LOG(), b/c it truncates the line
-      fprintf(gRefcntsLog, "\n<%s> %p %" PRIuPTR " AddRef %" PRIuPTR "\n",
-              aClass, aPtr, serialno, aRefcnt);
+      fprintf(gRefcntsLog, "\n<%s> %p %" PRIuPTR " AddRef %" PRIuPTR " [thread %p]\n",
+              aClass, aPtr, serialno, aRefcnt, PR_GetCurrentThread());
       nsTraceRefcnt::WalkTheStackCached(gRefcntsLog);
       fflush(gRefcntsLog);
     }
@@ -1173,8 +1180,8 @@ NS_LogRelease(void* aPtr, nsrefcnt aRefcnt, const char* aClass)
     if (gRefcntsLog && loggingThisType && loggingThisObject) {
       // Can't use MOZ_LOG(), b/c it truncates the line
       fprintf(gRefcntsLog,
-              "\n<%s> %p %" PRIuPTR " Release %" PRIuPTR "\n",
-              aClass, aPtr, serialno, aRefcnt);
+              "\n<%s> %p %" PRIuPTR " Release %" PRIuPTR " [thread %p]\n",
+              aClass, aPtr, serialno, aRefcnt, PR_GetCurrentThread());
       nsTraceRefcnt::WalkTheStackCached(gRefcntsLog);
       fflush(gRefcntsLog);
     }
@@ -1183,7 +1190,7 @@ NS_LogRelease(void* aPtr, nsrefcnt aRefcnt, const char* aClass)
     // yet we still want to see deletion information:
 
     if (aRefcnt == 0 && gAllocLog && loggingThisType && loggingThisObject) {
-      fprintf(gAllocLog, "\n<%s> %p %" PRIdPTR " Destroy\n", aClass, aPtr, serialno);
+      fprintf(gAllocLog, "\n<%s> %p %" PRIdPTR " Destroy [thread %p]\n", aClass, aPtr, serialno, PR_GetCurrentThread());
       nsTraceRefcnt::WalkTheStackCached(gAllocLog);
     }