diff --git a/browser/components/sessionstore/src/nsSessionStore.js b/browser/components/sessionstore/src/nsSessionStore.js
index 3b1d8bfdf8f0..b0baddc67a81 100644
--- a/browser/components/sessionstore/src/nsSessionStore.js
+++ b/browser/components/sessionstore/src/nsSessionStore.js
@@ -420,10 +420,8 @@ SessionStoreService.prototype = {
         delete this._initialState;
       }
       
-      if (this._lastSessionCrashed) {
-        // restart any interrupted downloads
-        aWindow.setTimeout(this.retryDownloads, 0);
-      }
+      // restart any interrupted downloads
+      aWindow.setTimeout(this.retryDownloads, 0);
     }
     
     var tabbrowser = aWindow.getBrowser();