diff --git a/layout/style/nsCSSDataBlock.cpp b/layout/style/nsCSSDataBlock.cpp
index ac88d95aaf2d..dd8e886c4dc5 100644
--- a/layout/style/nsCSSDataBlock.cpp
+++ b/layout/style/nsCSSDataBlock.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,23 @@ TryToStartImageLoadOnValue(const nsCSSValue& aValue, nsIDocument* aDocument,
   MOZ_ASSERT(aDocument);
 
   if (aValue.GetUnit() == eCSSUnit_URL) {
+#ifdef MOZ_ENABLE_MASK_AS_SHORTHAND
+    // The 'mask-image' property accepts local reference URIs.
+    // For example,
+    //   mask-image: url(#mask_id); // refer to a SVG mask element, whose id is
+    //                              // "mask_id", in the current document.
+    // For such 'mask-image' values (pointing to an in-document element),
+    // there is no need to trigger image download.
+    if (aProperty == eCSSProperty_mask_image) {
+      nsIURI* docURI = aDocument->GetDocumentURI();
+      nsIURI* imageURI = aValue.GetURLValue();
+      bool isEqualExceptRef = false;
+      nsresult  rv = imageURI->EqualsExceptRef(docURI, &isEqualExceptRef);
+      if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && isEqualExceptRef) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+#endif
     aValue.StartImageLoad(aDocument);
     if (aForTokenStream && aContext) {
       CSSVariableImageTable::Add(aContext, aProperty,
diff --git a/layout/style/nsRuleNode.cpp b/layout/style/nsRuleNode.cpp
index 294956a1bc7d..5f86c05ba3f7 100644
--- a/layout/style/nsRuleNode.cpp
+++ b/layout/style/nsRuleNode.cpp
@@ -1259,13 +1259,25 @@ static void SetStyleImage(nsStyleContext* aStyleContext,
     case eCSSUnit_Unset:
     case eCSSUnit_None:
       break;
-    default:
-      // We might have eCSSUnit_URL values for if-visited style
-      // contexts, which we can safely treat like 'none'.  Otherwise
-      // this is an unexpected unit.
-      NS_ASSERTION(aStyleContext->IsStyleIfVisited() &&
-                   aValue.GetUnit() == eCSSUnit_URL,
+    case eCSSUnit_URL:
+    {
+#ifdef DEBUG
+      nsIDocument* currentDoc = aStyleContext->PresContext()->Document();
+      nsIURI* docURI = currentDoc->GetDocumentURI();
+      nsIURI* imageURI = aValue.GetURLValue();
+      bool isEqualExceptRef = false;
+      imageURI->EqualsExceptRef(docURI, &isEqualExceptRef);
+      // Either we have eCSSUnit_URL values for if-visited style contexts,
+      // which we can safely treat like 'none', or aValue refers to an
+      // in-document resource. Otherwise this is an unexpected unit.
+      NS_ASSERTION(aStyleContext->IsStyleIfVisited() || isEqualExceptRef,
                    "unexpected unit; maybe nsCSSValue::Image::Image() failed?");
+#endif
+
+      break;
+    }
+    default:
+      MOZ_ASSERT_UNREACHABLE("Unexpected Unit type.");
       break;
   }
 }
@@ -6575,7 +6587,8 @@ struct BackgroundItemComputer<nsCSSValueList, nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> >
                            nsCOMPtr<nsIURI>& aComputedValue,
                            RuleNodeCacheConditions& aConditions)
   {
-    if (eCSSUnit_Image == aSpecifiedValue->mValue.GetUnit()) {
+    if (eCSSUnit_Image == aSpecifiedValue->mValue.GetUnit() ||
+        eCSSUnit_URL == aSpecifiedValue->mValue.GetUnit()) {
       aComputedValue = aSpecifiedValue->mValue.GetURLValue();
     } else if (eCSSUnit_Null != aSpecifiedValue->mValue.GetUnit()) {
       aComputedValue = nullptr;