diff --git a/mobile/android/base/tabs/TabsLayoutItemView.java b/mobile/android/base/tabs/TabsLayoutItemView.java
index 715d46347cf8..6cd13dc82678 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/tabs/TabsLayoutItemView.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/tabs/TabsLayoutItemView.java
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 package org.mozilla.gecko.tabs;
 
 import org.mozilla.gecko.R;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.Tab;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.widget.TabThumbnailWrapper;
 
+import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.widget.ImageButton;
@@ -28,4 +30,23 @@ public class TabsLayoutItemView {
         close = (ImageButton) view.findViewById(R.id.close);
         thumbnailWrapper = (TabThumbnailWrapper) view.findViewById(R.id.wrapper);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+    protected void assignValues(Tab tab) {
+        if (tab == null)
+            return;
+
+        id = tab.getId();
+
+        Drawable thumbnailImage = tab.getThumbnail();
+        if (thumbnailImage != null) {
+            thumbnail.setImageDrawable(thumbnailImage);
+        } else {
+            thumbnail.setImageResource(R.drawable.tab_thumbnail_default);
+        }
+        if (thumbnailWrapper != null) {
+            thumbnailWrapper.setRecording(tab.isRecording());
+        }
+        title.setText(tab.getDisplayTitle());
+        close.setTag(this);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/tabs/TabsListLayout.java b/mobile/android/base/tabs/TabsListLayout.java
index 4fe33791a590..2dfce428893b 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/tabs/TabsListLayout.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/tabs/TabsListLayout.java
@@ -9,22 +9,21 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.mozilla.gecko.AboutPages;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.animation.PropertyAnimator.Property;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.animation.PropertyAnimator;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.animation.ViewHelper;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoAppShell;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoEvent;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.R;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.Tab;
-import org.mozilla.gecko.Tabs;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.tabs.TabsPanel.TabsLayout;
-import org.mozilla.gecko.animation.PropertyAnimator;
-import org.mozilla.gecko.animation.PropertyAnimator.Property;
-import org.mozilla.gecko.animation.ViewHelper;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.Tabs;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.util.ThreadUtils;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.widget.TwoWayView;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
-import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ class TabsListLayout extends TwoWayView
                     return;
 
                 TabsLayoutItemView item = (TabsLayoutItemView) view.getTag();
-                assignValues(item, tab);
+                item.assignValues(tab);
                 break;
         }
     }
@@ -269,31 +268,12 @@ class TabsListLayout extends TwoWayView
             }
 
             Tab tab = mTabs.get(position);
-            assignValues(item, tab);
+            item.assignValues(tab);
 
             return convertView;
         }
     }
 
-    private void assignValues(TabsLayoutItemView item, Tab tab) {
-        if (item == null || tab == null)
-            return;
-
-        item.id = tab.getId();
-
-        Drawable thumbnailImage = tab.getThumbnail();
-        if (thumbnailImage != null) {
-            item.thumbnail.setImageDrawable(thumbnailImage);
-        } else {
-            item.thumbnail.setImageResource(R.drawable.tab_thumbnail_default);
-        }
-        if (item.thumbnailWrapper != null) {
-            item.thumbnailWrapper.setRecording(tab.isRecording());
-        }
-        item.title.setText(tab.getDisplayTitle());
-        item.close.setTag(item);
-    }
-
     private void resetTransforms(View view) {
         ViewHelper.setAlpha(view, 1);