diff --git a/browser/components/feeds/src/FeedWriter.js b/browser/components/feeds/src/FeedWriter.js
index 0c92700354ef..ec329b0bb8c2 100755
--- a/browser/components/feeds/src/FeedWriter.js
+++ b/browser/components/feeds/src/FeedWriter.js
@@ -435,12 +435,8 @@ FeedWriter.prototype = {
    * See nsIDOMEventListener
    */
   handleEvent: function(event) {
-    if (!this._window) {
-      // this._window is null unless this.write was called with a trusted
-      // window object.
-      return;
-    }
-
+    // see comments in the write method
+    event = new XPCNativeWrapper(event);
     if (event.target.ownerDocument != this._document) {
       LOG("FeedWriter.handleEvent: Someone passed the feed writer as a listener to the events of another document!");
       return;