diff --git a/browser/actors/AboutReaderParent.jsm b/browser/actors/AboutReaderParent.jsm
index 9e1050737d1d..4f66b07904ed 100644
--- a/browser/actors/AboutReaderParent.jsm
+++ b/browser/actors/AboutReaderParent.jsm
@@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ class AboutReaderParent extends JSWindowActorParent {
         break;
       }
 
+      case "RedirectTo": {
+        gCachedArticles.set(message.data.newURL, message.data.article);
+        // This is setup as a query so we can navigate the page after we've
+        // cached the relevant info in the parent.
+        return true;
+      }
+
       default:
         this.callListeners(message);
         break;
diff --git a/toolkit/components/reader/AboutReader.jsm b/toolkit/components/reader/AboutReader.jsm
index 026f70fa98ff..a5e9e942d089 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/reader/AboutReader.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/reader/AboutReader.jsm
@@ -837,7 +837,12 @@ AboutReader.prototype = {
           docContentType
         );
       } catch (e) {
-        if (e && e.newURL) {
+        if (e?.newURL && this._actor) {
+          await this._actor.sendQuery("RedirectTo", {
+            newURL: e.newURL,
+            article: e.article,
+          });
+
           let readerURL = "about:reader?url=" + encodeURIComponent(e.newURL);
           this._win.location.replace(readerURL);
           return;
diff --git a/toolkit/components/reader/ReaderMode.jsm b/toolkit/components/reader/ReaderMode.jsm
index 2d8f4316131b..a07ea64247ba 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/reader/ReaderMode.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/reader/ReaderMode.jsm
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ var ReaderMode = {
     });
 
     let url = win.document.location.href;
-    let originalURL = ReaderMode.getOriginalUrl(url);
+    let originalURL = this.getOriginalUrl(url);
     let webNav = docShell.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIWebNavigation);
 
     if (!Services.appinfo.sessionHistoryInParent) {
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ var ReaderMode = {
   },
 
   getOriginalUrlObjectForDisplay(url) {
-    let originalUrl = ReaderMode.getOriginalUrl(url);
+    let originalUrl = this.getOriginalUrl(url);
     if (originalUrl) {
       let uriObj;
       try {
@@ -264,10 +264,12 @@ var ReaderMode = {
    * @resolves JS object representing the article, or null if no article is found.
    */
   async downloadAndParseDocument(url, docContentType = "document") {
-    let doc = await this._downloadDocument(url, docContentType);
-    if (!doc) {
+    let result = await this._downloadDocument(url, docContentType);
+    if (!result?.doc) {
       return null;
-    } else if (
+    }
+    let { doc, newURL } = result;
+    if (
       !Readerable.shouldCheckUri(doc.documentURIObject) ||
       !Readerable.shouldCheckUri(doc.baseURIObject, true)
     ) {
@@ -275,7 +277,14 @@ var ReaderMode = {
       return null;
     }
 
-    return this._readerParse(doc);
+    let article = await this._readerParse(doc);
+    // If we have to redirect, reject to the caller with the parsed article,
+    // so we can update the URL before displaying it.
+    if (newURL) {
+      return Promise.reject({ newURL, article });
+    }
+    // Otherwise, we can just continue with the article.
+    return article;
   },
 
   _downloadDocument(url, docContentType = "document") {
@@ -312,78 +321,37 @@ var ReaderMode = {
           return;
         }
 
-        if (xhr.responseType === "document") {
-          // Manually follow a meta refresh tag if one exists.
-          let meta = doc.querySelector("meta[http-equiv=refresh]");
-          if (meta) {
-            let content = meta.getAttribute("content");
-            if (content) {
-              let urlIndex = content.toUpperCase().indexOf("URL=");
-              if (urlIndex > -1) {
-                let baseURI = Services.io.newURI(url);
-                let newURI = Services.io.newURI(
-                  content.substring(urlIndex + 4),
-                  null,
-                  baseURI
-                );
-                let newURL = newURI.spec;
-                let ssm = Services.scriptSecurityManager;
-                let flags =
-                  ssm.LOAD_IS_AUTOMATIC_DOCUMENT_REPLACEMENT |
-                  ssm.DISALLOW_INHERIT_PRINCIPAL;
-                try {
-                  ssm.checkLoadURIStrWithPrincipal(
-                    doc.nodePrincipal,
-                    newURL,
-                    flags
-                  );
-                } catch (ex) {
-                  let errorMsg =
-                    "Reader mode disallowed meta refresh (reason: " + ex + ").";
-
-                  if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref("reader.errors.includeURLs")) {
-                    errorMsg += " Refresh target URI: '" + newURL + "'.";
-                  }
-                  reject(errorMsg);
-                  return;
-                }
-                // Otherwise, pass an object indicating our new URL:
-                if (!baseURI.equalsExceptRef(newURI)) {
-                  reject({ newURL });
-                  return;
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          }
-          let responseURL = xhr.responseURL;
-          let givenURL = url;
-          // Convert these to real URIs to make sure the escaping (or lack
-          // thereof) is identical:
-          try {
-            responseURL = Services.io.newURI(responseURL).specIgnoringRef;
-          } catch (ex) {
-            /* Ignore errors - we'll use what we had before */
-          }
-          try {
-            givenURL = Services.io.newURI(givenURL).specIgnoringRef;
-          } catch (ex) {
-            /* Ignore errors - we'll use what we had before */
-          }
-
-          if (responseURL != givenURL) {
-            // We were redirected without a meta refresh tag.
-            // Force redirect to the correct place:
-            reject({ newURL: xhr.responseURL });
-            return;
-          }
-        } else {
-          let parser = new DOMParser();
-          let htmlString = `<pre>${doc}</pre>`;
-          doc = parser.parseFromString(htmlString, "text/html");
+        let responseURL = xhr.responseURL;
+        let givenURL = url;
+        // Convert these to real URIs to make sure the escaping (or lack
+        // thereof) is identical:
+        try {
+          responseURL = Services.io.newURI(responseURL).specIgnoringRef;
+        } catch (ex) {
+          /* Ignore errors - we'll use what we had before */
+        }
+        try {
+          givenURL = Services.io.newURI(givenURL).specIgnoringRef;
+        } catch (ex) {
+          /* Ignore errors - we'll use what we had before */
         }
 
-        resolve(doc);
+        if (xhr.responseType != "document") {
+          let initialText = doc;
+          let parser = new DOMParser();
+          doc = parser.parseFromString(`<pre></pre>`, "text/html");
+          doc.querySelector("pre").textContent = initialText;
+        }
+
+        // We treat redirects as download successes here:
         histogram.add(DOWNLOAD_SUCCESS);
+
+        let result = { doc };
+        if (responseURL != givenURL) {
+          result.newURL = xhr.responseURL;
+        }
+
+        resolve(result);
       };
       xhr.send();
     });