diff --git a/dom/network/UDPSocket.cpp b/dom/network/UDPSocket.cpp
index e275e3902936..e460428c7120 100644
--- a/dom/network/UDPSocket.cpp
+++ b/dom/network/UDPSocket.cpp
@@ -498,6 +498,11 @@ UDPSocket::InitRemote(const nsAString& aLocalAddress,
     return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
   }
 
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIEventTarget> target;
+  if (nsCOMPtr<nsIGlobalObject> global = GetOwnerGlobal()) {
+    target = global->EventTargetFor(TaskCategory::Other);
+  }
+
   rv = sock->Bind(mListenerProxy,
                   principal,
                   NS_ConvertUTF16toUTF8(aLocalAddress),
@@ -505,7 +510,8 @@ UDPSocket::InitRemote(const nsAString& aLocalAddress,
                   mAddressReuse,
                   mLoopback,
                   0,
-                  0);
+                  0,
+                  target);
 
   if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
     return rv;
diff --git a/dom/network/UDPSocketChild.cpp b/dom/network/UDPSocketChild.cpp
index bade0f7dd26b..208ce7bcf645 100644
--- a/dom/network/UDPSocketChild.cpp
+++ b/dom/network/UDPSocketChild.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ UDPSocketChild::Bind(nsIUDPSocketInternal* aSocket,
                      bool aAddressReuse,
                      bool aLoopback,
                      uint32_t recvBufferSize,
-                     uint32_t sendBufferSize)
+                     uint32_t sendBufferSize,
+                     nsIEventTarget* aMainThreadEventTarget)
 {
   UDPSOCKET_LOG(("%s: %s:%u", __FUNCTION__, PromiseFlatCString(aHost).get(), aPort));
 
@@ -180,6 +181,9 @@ UDPSocketChild::Bind(nsIUDPSocketInternal* aSocket,
     MOZ_ASSERT(!aPrincipal);
     mBackgroundManager->SendPUDPSocketConstructor(this, void_t(), mFilterName);
   } else {
+    if (aMainThreadEventTarget) {
+      gNeckoChild->SetEventTargetForActor(this, aMainThreadEventTarget);
+    }
     gNeckoChild->SendPUDPSocketConstructor(this, IPC::Principal(aPrincipal),
                                            mFilterName);
   }
diff --git a/dom/network/interfaces/nsIUDPSocketChild.idl b/dom/network/interfaces/nsIUDPSocketChild.idl
index 3a07fae66533..61d80d42b835 100644
--- a/dom/network/interfaces/nsIUDPSocketChild.idl
+++ b/dom/network/interfaces/nsIUDPSocketChild.idl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 interface nsIUDPSocketInternal;
 interface nsIInputStream;
 interface nsIPrincipal;
+interface nsIEventTarget;
 
 %{ C++
 namespace mozilla {
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ interface nsIUDPSocketChild : nsISupports
   void bind(in nsIUDPSocketInternal socket, in nsIPrincipal principal,
             in AUTF8String host, in unsigned short port,
             in bool addressReuse, in bool loopback, in uint32_t recvBufferSize,
-            in uint32_t sendBufferSize);
+            in uint32_t sendBufferSize,
+            [optional] in nsIEventTarget mainThreadTarget);
 
   // Tell the chrome process to connect the UDP socket to a given remote host and port
   void connect(in nsIUDPSocketInternal socket, in AUTF8String host, in unsigned short port);
diff --git a/media/mtransport/nr_socket_prsock.cpp b/media/mtransport/nr_socket_prsock.cpp
index d43280ce67d9..5ec26cc53421 100644
--- a/media/mtransport/nr_socket_prsock.cpp
+++ b/media/mtransport/nr_socket_prsock.cpp
@@ -1580,7 +1580,8 @@ void NrUdpSocketIpc::create_i(const nsACString &host, const uint16_t port) {
                                     /* reuse = */ false,
                                     /* loopback = */ false,
                                     /* recv buffer size */ minBuffSize,
-                                    /* send buffer size */ minBuffSize))) {
+                                    /* send buffer size */ minBuffSize,
+                                    /* mainThreadEventTarget */ nullptr))) {
     err_ = true;
     MOZ_ASSERT(false, "Failed to create UDP socket");
     mon.NotifyAll();