diff --git a/netwerk/base/src/nsProtocolProxyService.cpp b/netwerk/base/src/nsProtocolProxyService.cpp
index 424366ac97fc..267be09b41b9 100644
--- a/netwerk/base/src/nsProtocolProxyService.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/base/src/nsProtocolProxyService.cpp
@@ -643,13 +643,17 @@ nsProtocolProxyService::CanUseProxy(nsIURI *aURI, int32_t defaultPort)
     return true;
 }
 
-static const char kProxyType_HTTP[]    = "http";
-static const char kProxyType_PROXY[]   = "proxy";
-static const char kProxyType_SOCKS[]   = "socks";
-static const char kProxyType_SOCKS4[]  = "socks4";
-static const char kProxyType_SOCKS5[]  = "socks5";
-static const char kProxyType_DIRECT[]  = "direct";
-static const char kProxyType_UNKNOWN[] = "unknown";
+// kProxyType\* may be referred to externally in
+// nsProxyInfo in order to compare by string pointer
+namespace mozilla {
+const char *kProxyType_HTTP    = "http";
+const char *kProxyType_PROXY   = "proxy";
+const char *kProxyType_SOCKS   = "socks";
+const char *kProxyType_SOCKS4  = "socks4";
+const char *kProxyType_SOCKS5  = "socks5";
+const char *kProxyType_DIRECT  = "direct";
+const char *kProxyType_UNKNOWN = "unknown";
+}
 
 const char *
 nsProtocolProxyService::ExtractProxyInfo(const char *start,
diff --git a/netwerk/base/src/nsProxyInfo.cpp b/netwerk/base/src/nsProxyInfo.cpp
index 31803e39b62a..d21e579f3c48 100644
--- a/netwerk/base/src/nsProxyInfo.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/base/src/nsProxyInfo.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 // Yes, we support QI to nsProxyInfo
 NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS2(nsProxyInfo, nsProxyInfo, nsIProxyInfo) 
 
+using namespace mozilla;
+
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsProxyInfo::GetHost(nsACString &result)
 {
@@ -68,3 +70,35 @@ nsProxyInfo::SetFailoverProxy(nsIProxyInfo *proxy)
   pi.swap(mNext);
   return NS_OK;
 }
+
+// These pointers are declared in nsProtocolProxyService.cpp and
+// comparison of mType by string pointer is valid within necko
+namespace mozilla {
+  extern const char *kProxyType_HTTP;
+  extern const char *kProxyType_SOCKS;
+  extern const char *kProxyType_SOCKS4;
+  extern const char *kProxyType_SOCKS5;
+  extern const char *kProxyType_DIRECT;
+}
+
+bool
+nsProxyInfo::IsDirect()
+{
+  if (!mType)
+    return true;
+  return mType == kProxyType_DIRECT;
+}
+
+bool
+nsProxyInfo::IsHTTP()
+{
+  return mType == kProxyType_HTTP;
+}
+
+bool
+nsProxyInfo::IsSOCKS()
+{
+  return mType == kProxyType_SOCKS ||
+    mType == kProxyType_SOCKS4 || mType == kProxyType_SOCKS5;
+}
+
diff --git a/netwerk/base/src/nsProxyInfo.h b/netwerk/base/src/nsProxyInfo.h
index bfb5af4970f4..9f11f041f423 100644
--- a/netwerk/base/src/nsProxyInfo.h
+++ b/netwerk/base/src/nsProxyInfo.h
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ public:
   const char      *Type()  { return mType; }
   uint32_t         Flags() { return mFlags; }
 
+  bool IsDirect();
+  bool IsHTTP();
+  bool IsSOCKS();
+
 private:
   friend class nsProtocolProxyService;
 
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnectionInfo.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnectionInfo.cpp
index e1dc1a310988..5cfcf3fa7fb6 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnectionInfo.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnectionInfo.cpp
@@ -77,3 +77,11 @@ nsHttpConnectionInfo::Clone() const
     return clone;
 }
 
+bool
+nsHttpConnectionInfo::UsingProxy()
+{
+    if (!mProxyInfo)
+        return false;
+    return !mProxyInfo->IsDirect();
+}
+
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnectionInfo.h b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnectionInfo.h
index 987bedade871..ec43c0dcb738 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnectionInfo.h
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnectionInfo.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public:
     {
         LOG(("Creating nsHttpConnectionInfo @%x\n", this));
 
-        mUsingHttpProxy = (proxyInfo && !nsCRT::strcmp(proxyInfo->Type(), "http"));
+        mUsingHttpProxy = (proxyInfo && proxyInfo->IsHTTP());
 
         if (mUsingHttpProxy) {
             mUsingConnect = mUsingSSL;  // SSL always uses CONNECT
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ public:
 
     const nsCString &GetHost() { return mHost; }
 
+    // Returns true for any kind of proxy (http, socks, etc..)
+    bool UsingProxy();
+
 private:
     nsrefcnt               mRef;
     nsCString              mHashKey;
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnectionMgr.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnectionMgr.cpp
index 846a0a882f58..0209363df4a8 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnectionMgr.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnectionMgr.cpp
@@ -2766,7 +2766,7 @@ nsHttpConnectionMgr::nsHalfOpenSocket::OnTransportStatus(nsITransport *trans,
         gHttpHandler->IsSpdyEnabled() &&
         gHttpHandler->CoalesceSpdy() &&
         mEnt && mEnt->mConnInfo && mEnt->mConnInfo->UsingSSL() &&
-        !mEnt->mConnInfo->UsingHttpProxy() &&
+        !mEnt->mConnInfo->UsingProxy() &&
         mEnt->mCoalescingKey.IsEmpty()) {
 
         PRNetAddr addr;