diff --git a/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js b/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
index 3d9e6c397ba6..c6b1ee243013 100644
--- a/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
+++ b/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "SharedPreferences",
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "Notifications",
                                   "resource://gre/modules/Notifications.jsm");
 
-XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "AboutReader",
-                                  "resource://gre/modules/AboutReader.jsm");
-
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "ReaderMode",
                                   "resource://gre/modules/ReaderMode.jsm");
 
@@ -502,6 +499,8 @@ var BrowserApp = {
       // Tiles reporting is disabled.
     }
 
+    window.messageManager.loadFrameScript("chrome://browser/content/content.js", true);
+
     // Notify Java that Gecko has loaded.
     Messaging.sendRequest({ type: "Gecko:Ready" });
   },
@@ -3963,14 +3962,6 @@ Tab.prototype = {
         }
 
         if (docURI.startsWith("about:reader")) {
-          // During browser restart / recovery, duplicate "DOMContentLoaded" messages are received here
-          // For the visible tab ... where more than one tab is being reloaded, the inital "DOMContentLoaded"
-          // Message can be received before the document body is available ... so we avoid instantiating an
-          // AboutReader object, expecting that an eventual valid message will follow.
-          let contentDocument = this.browser.contentDocument;
-          if (contentDocument.body) {
-            new AboutReader(contentDocument, this.browser.contentWindow);
-          }
           // Update the page action to show the "reader active" icon.
           Reader.updatePageAction(this);
         }
diff --git a/mobile/android/chrome/content/content.js b/mobile/android/chrome/content/content.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68856538fdbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/android/chrome/content/content.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*- */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+let { classes: Cc, interfaces: Ci, utils: Cu } = Components;
+
+Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm");
+Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm");
+
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "AboutReader", "resource://gre/modules/AboutReader.jsm");
+
+let dump = Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/AndroidLog.jsm", {}).AndroidLog.d.bind(null, "Content");
+
+let AboutReaderListener = {
+  init: function(chromeGlobal) {
+    chromeGlobal.addEventListener("AboutReaderContentLoaded", this, false, true);
+  },
+
+  handleEvent: function(event) {
+    if (!event.originalTarget.documentURI.startsWith("about:reader")) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    switch (event.type) {
+      case "AboutReaderContentLoaded":
+        // If we are restoring multiple reader mode tabs during session restore, duplicate "DOMContentLoaded"
+        // events may be fired for the visible tab. The inital "DOMContentLoaded" may be received before the
+        // document body is available, so we avoid instantiating an AboutReader object, expecting that a
+        // valid message will follow. See bug 925983.
+        if (content.document.body) {
+          new AboutReader(content.document, content);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+};
+AboutReaderListener.init(this);
diff --git a/mobile/android/chrome/jar.mn b/mobile/android/chrome/jar.mn
index f87d6c6384e9..dff080c50dc0 100644
--- a/mobile/android/chrome/jar.mn
+++ b/mobile/android/chrome/jar.mn
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ chrome.jar:
 * content/about.xhtml                  (content/about.xhtml)
   content/config.xhtml                 (content/config.xhtml)
   content/config.js                    (content/config.js)
+  content/content.js                   (content/content.js)
   content/aboutAddons.xhtml            (content/aboutAddons.xhtml)
   content/aboutAddons.js               (content/aboutAddons.js)
   content/aboutCertError.xhtml         (content/aboutCertError.xhtml)
diff --git a/toolkit/components/reader/AboutReader.jsm b/toolkit/components/reader/AboutReader.jsm
index 8dc79f8baa6a..6cc9948f605c 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/reader/AboutReader.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/reader/AboutReader.jsm
@@ -16,14 +16,7 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "ReaderMode", "resource://gre/modules/Re
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "Task", "resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm");
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetter(this, "UITelemetry", "resource://gre/modules/UITelemetry.jsm");
 
-XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(window, "gChromeWin", function ()
-  window.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor)
-    .getInterface(Ci.nsIWebNavigation)
-    .QueryInterface(Ci.nsIDocShellTreeItem)
-    .rootTreeItem
-    .QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor)
-    .getInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindow)
-    .QueryInterface(Ci.nsIDOMChromeWindow));
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "gChromeWin", () => Services.wm.getMostRecentWindow("navigator:browser"));
 
 function dump(s) {
   Services.console.logStringMessage("AboutReader: " + s);
diff --git a/toolkit/components/reader/content/aboutReader.html b/toolkit/components/reader/content/aboutReader.html
index 22ef846ef9ac..72c963dec516 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/reader/content/aboutReader.html
+++ b/toolkit/components/reader/content/aboutReader.html
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; user-scalable=0" />
 
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="chrome://global/skin/aboutReader.css" type="text/css"/>
+
+  <script type="text/javascript;version=1.8" src="chrome://global/content/reader/aboutReader.js"></script>
 </head>
 
 <body>
diff --git a/toolkit/components/reader/content/aboutReader.js b/toolkit/components/reader/content/aboutReader.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17133e69dc52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/reader/content/aboutReader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
+  document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("AboutReaderContentLoaded", { bubbles: true }));
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/reader/jar.mn b/toolkit/components/reader/jar.mn
index d519ad12ab40..a8c21fc582d4 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/reader/jar.mn
+++ b/toolkit/components/reader/jar.mn
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 toolkit.jar:
   content/global/reader/aboutReader.html             (content/aboutReader.html)
+  content/global/reader/aboutReader.js               (content/aboutReader.js)
   content/global/reader/Readability.js               (content/Readability.js)
   content/global/reader/JSDOMParser.js               (content/JSDOMParser.js)
   content/global/reader/readerWorker.js              (content/readerWorker.js)