diff --git a/layout/html/table/src/nsTableOuterFrame.cpp b/layout/html/table/src/nsTableOuterFrame.cpp
index 9e7aa1fbd0fc..7c47af9cadbd 100644
--- a/layout/html/table/src/nsTableOuterFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/html/table/src/nsTableOuterFrame.cpp
@@ -1273,9 +1273,23 @@ nsTableOuterFrame::IR_InnerTableReflow(nsIPresContext*           aPresContext,
   // pass along the reflow command to the inner table, requesting the same info in our flags
   nsHTMLReflowMetrics innerMet(aOuterMet.maxElementSize, aOuterMet.mFlags);
 
+  // If the incremental reflow command is a StyleChanged reflow and
+  // it's target is the current frame, then make sure we send
+  // StyleChange reflow reasons down to the children so that they
+  // don't over-optimize their reflow.
+  nsReflowReason ReflowReason = eReflowReason_Incremental;
+  nsIFrame* target = nsnull;
+  aOuterRS.reflowCommand->GetTarget(target);
+  if (this == target) {
+    nsIReflowCommand::ReflowType type;
+    aOuterRS.reflowCommand->GetType(type);
+    if (nsIReflowCommand::StyleChanged == type) {
+      ReflowReason = eReflowReason_StyleChange;
+    }
+  }
   nsresult rv = OuterReflowChild(aPresContext, mInnerTableFrame, aOuterRS, innerMet,
                                  nsnull, innerSize, innerMargin, innerMarginNoAuto, innerPadding,  
-                                 eReflowReason_Incremental, aStatus);
+                                 ReflowReason, aStatus);
   if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
 
   nsPoint  innerOrigin(0,0);
@@ -1298,9 +1312,12 @@ nsTableOuterFrame::IR_InnerTableReflow(nsIPresContext*           aPresContext,
       nscoord availWidth = GetCaptionAvailWidth(aPresContext, mCaptionFrame, aOuterRS,
                                                 &innerSize.width, &innerMarginNoAuto);
       nsReflowStatus capStatus; // don't let the caption cause incomplete
+      if (ReflowReason == eReflowReason_Incremental) {
+         ReflowReason = eReflowReason_Resize;
+      }
       rv = OuterReflowChild(aPresContext, mCaptionFrame, aOuterRS, captionMet, &availWidth,
                             captionSize, captionMargin, captionMarginNoAuto, 
-                            ignorePadding, eReflowReason_Resize, capStatus);
+                            ignorePadding, ReflowReason, capStatus);
       if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
 
       GetCaptionOrigin(aPresContext, captionSide, containSize, innerSize, 
diff --git a/layout/html/table/src/nsTableRowFrame.cpp b/layout/html/table/src/nsTableRowFrame.cpp
index c03cf09aab77..6411bf884df7 100644
--- a/layout/html/table/src/nsTableRowFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/html/table/src/nsTableRowFrame.cpp
@@ -901,6 +901,23 @@ nsTableRowFrame::ReflowChildren(nsIPresContext*          aPresContext,
   nsTableFrame* tableFirstInFlow = (nsTableFrame*)tableFrame->GetFirstInFlow();
   PRBool isAutoLayout = tableFrame->IsAutoLayout();
   PRBool needToNotifyTable = PR_TRUE;
+  // If the incremental reflow command is a StyleChanged reflow and
+  // it's target is the current frame, then make sure we send
+  // StyleChange reflow reasons down to the children so that they
+  // don't over-optimize their reflow.
+  
+  nsIFrame* target = nsnull;
+  PRBool notifyStyleChange = PR_FALSE;
+  if (eReflowReason_Incremental == aReflowState.reason) {
+    aReflowState.reflowCommand->GetTarget(target);
+    if (this == target) {
+      nsIReflowCommand::ReflowType type;
+      aReflowState.reflowCommand->GetType(type);
+      if (nsIReflowCommand::StyleChanged == type) {
+        notifyStyleChange = PR_TRUE;
+      }
+    }
+  }
   // Reflow each of our existing cell frames
   nsIFrame* kidFrame = iter.First();
   while (kidFrame) {
@@ -962,7 +979,8 @@ nsTableRowFrame::ReflowChildren(nsIPresContext*          aPresContext,
             (eReflowReason_StyleChange == aReflowState.reason)        ||
             isPaginated                                               ||
             (aReflowState.mFlags.mSpecialTableReflow && cellFrame->NeedSpecialReflow()) ||
-            HasPctHeight()) {
+            HasPctHeight() ||
+            notifyStyleChange ){
           // Reflow the cell to fit the available width, height
           nsSize  kidAvailSize(availColWidth, aReflowState.availableHeight);
           nsReflowReason reason = eReflowReason_Resize;
@@ -977,6 +995,10 @@ nsTableRowFrame::ReflowChildren(nsIPresContext*          aPresContext,
             reason = eReflowReason_StyleChange;
             cellToWatch = PR_TRUE;
           }
+          else if (notifyStyleChange) {
+            reason = eReflowReason_StyleChange;
+            cellToWatch = PR_TRUE;
+          }
           if (cellToWatch) {
             cellFrame->DidSetStyleContext(aPresContext); // XXX check this
             if (!tablePrevInFlow && isAutoLayout) {
@@ -1122,11 +1144,10 @@ nsTableRowFrame::IR_TargetIsMe(nsIPresContext*          aPresContext,
   nsIReflowCommand::ReflowType type;
   aReflowState.reflowCommand->GetType(type);
   switch (type) {
-    case nsIReflowCommand::ReflowDirty: {
+    case nsIReflowCommand::ReflowDirty: 
       // Reflow the dirty child frames. Typically this is newly added frames.
       rv = ReflowChildren(aPresContext, aDesiredSize, aReflowState, aTableFrame, aStatus, PR_TRUE);
       break;
-    }
     case nsIReflowCommand::StyleChanged :
       rv = IR_StyleChanged(aPresContext, aDesiredSize, aReflowState, aTableFrame, aStatus);
       break;
@@ -1154,6 +1175,7 @@ nsTableRowFrame::IR_StyleChanged(nsIPresContext*          aPresContext,
   // we presume that all the easy optimizations were done in the nsHTMLStyleSheet before we were called here
   // XXX: we can optimize this when we know which style attribute changed
   aTableFrame.SetNeedStrategyInit(PR_TRUE);
+  rv = ReflowChildren(aPresContext, aDesiredSize, aReflowState, aTableFrame, aStatus, PR_FALSE);
   return rv;
 }
 
diff --git a/layout/html/table/src/nsTableRowGroupFrame.cpp b/layout/html/table/src/nsTableRowGroupFrame.cpp
index 9a760bb82a03..6125cfde5089 100644
--- a/layout/html/table/src/nsTableRowGroupFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/html/table/src/nsTableRowGroupFrame.cpp
@@ -411,8 +411,25 @@ nsTableRowGroupFrame::ReflowChildren(nsIPresContext*        aPresContext,
       // it wants. We'll deal with splitting later after we've computed the row
       // heights, taking into account cells with row spans...
       kidAvailSize.height = NS_UNCONSTRAINEDSIZE;
-      nsReflowReason reason = (frameState & NS_FRAME_FIRST_REFLOW) 
-                              ? eReflowReason_Initial : aReflowState.reason;
+      // If the incremental reflow command is a StyleChanged reflow and
+      // it's target is the current frame, then make sure we send
+      // StyleChange reflow reasons down to the children so that they
+      // don't over-optimize their reflow.
+      nsIFrame* target = nsnull;
+      nsReflowReason reason = aReflowState.reason;
+      if (eReflowReason_Incremental == aReflowState.reason) {
+        aReflowState.reflowState.reflowCommand->GetTarget(target);
+        if (this == target) {
+          nsIReflowCommand::ReflowType type;
+          aReflowState.reflowState.reflowCommand->GetType(type);
+          if (nsIReflowCommand::StyleChanged == type) {
+            reason = eReflowReason_StyleChange;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      if (frameState & NS_FRAME_FIRST_REFLOW) {
+        reason = eReflowReason_Initial;
+      }
       nsHTMLReflowState kidReflowState(aPresContext, aReflowState.reflowState, kidFrame,
                                        kidAvailSize, reason);
      
@@ -1590,6 +1607,12 @@ nsTableRowGroupFrame::IR_StyleChanged(nsIPresContext*        aPresContext,
   // we presume that all the easy optimizations were done in the nsHTMLStyleSheet before we were called here
   // XXX: we can optimize this when we know which style attribute changed
   aReflowState.tableFrame->SetNeedStrategyInit(PR_TRUE);
+  nsRowGroupReflowState state(aReflowState);
+  nsTableRowFrame* firstRowReflowed;
+  rv = ReflowChildren(aPresContext, aDesiredSize, state, aStatus,
+                          nsnull, PR_FALSE, &firstRowReflowed);
+  CalculateRowHeights(aPresContext, aDesiredSize, aReflowState.reflowState, firstRowReflowed);
+      
   return rv;
 }
 
diff --git a/layout/tables/nsTableOuterFrame.cpp b/layout/tables/nsTableOuterFrame.cpp
index 9e7aa1fbd0fc..7c47af9cadbd 100644
--- a/layout/tables/nsTableOuterFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/tables/nsTableOuterFrame.cpp
@@ -1273,9 +1273,23 @@ nsTableOuterFrame::IR_InnerTableReflow(nsIPresContext*           aPresContext,
   // pass along the reflow command to the inner table, requesting the same info in our flags
   nsHTMLReflowMetrics innerMet(aOuterMet.maxElementSize, aOuterMet.mFlags);
 
+  // If the incremental reflow command is a StyleChanged reflow and
+  // it's target is the current frame, then make sure we send
+  // StyleChange reflow reasons down to the children so that they
+  // don't over-optimize their reflow.
+  nsReflowReason ReflowReason = eReflowReason_Incremental;
+  nsIFrame* target = nsnull;
+  aOuterRS.reflowCommand->GetTarget(target);
+  if (this == target) {
+    nsIReflowCommand::ReflowType type;
+    aOuterRS.reflowCommand->GetType(type);
+    if (nsIReflowCommand::StyleChanged == type) {
+      ReflowReason = eReflowReason_StyleChange;
+    }
+  }
   nsresult rv = OuterReflowChild(aPresContext, mInnerTableFrame, aOuterRS, innerMet,
                                  nsnull, innerSize, innerMargin, innerMarginNoAuto, innerPadding,  
-                                 eReflowReason_Incremental, aStatus);
+                                 ReflowReason, aStatus);
   if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
 
   nsPoint  innerOrigin(0,0);
@@ -1298,9 +1312,12 @@ nsTableOuterFrame::IR_InnerTableReflow(nsIPresContext*           aPresContext,
       nscoord availWidth = GetCaptionAvailWidth(aPresContext, mCaptionFrame, aOuterRS,
                                                 &innerSize.width, &innerMarginNoAuto);
       nsReflowStatus capStatus; // don't let the caption cause incomplete
+      if (ReflowReason == eReflowReason_Incremental) {
+         ReflowReason = eReflowReason_Resize;
+      }
       rv = OuterReflowChild(aPresContext, mCaptionFrame, aOuterRS, captionMet, &availWidth,
                             captionSize, captionMargin, captionMarginNoAuto, 
-                            ignorePadding, eReflowReason_Resize, capStatus);
+                            ignorePadding, ReflowReason, capStatus);
       if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
 
       GetCaptionOrigin(aPresContext, captionSide, containSize, innerSize, 
diff --git a/layout/tables/nsTableRowFrame.cpp b/layout/tables/nsTableRowFrame.cpp
index c03cf09aab77..6411bf884df7 100644
--- a/layout/tables/nsTableRowFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/tables/nsTableRowFrame.cpp
@@ -901,6 +901,23 @@ nsTableRowFrame::ReflowChildren(nsIPresContext*          aPresContext,
   nsTableFrame* tableFirstInFlow = (nsTableFrame*)tableFrame->GetFirstInFlow();
   PRBool isAutoLayout = tableFrame->IsAutoLayout();
   PRBool needToNotifyTable = PR_TRUE;
+  // If the incremental reflow command is a StyleChanged reflow and
+  // it's target is the current frame, then make sure we send
+  // StyleChange reflow reasons down to the children so that they
+  // don't over-optimize their reflow.
+  
+  nsIFrame* target = nsnull;
+  PRBool notifyStyleChange = PR_FALSE;
+  if (eReflowReason_Incremental == aReflowState.reason) {
+    aReflowState.reflowCommand->GetTarget(target);
+    if (this == target) {
+      nsIReflowCommand::ReflowType type;
+      aReflowState.reflowCommand->GetType(type);
+      if (nsIReflowCommand::StyleChanged == type) {
+        notifyStyleChange = PR_TRUE;
+      }
+    }
+  }
   // Reflow each of our existing cell frames
   nsIFrame* kidFrame = iter.First();
   while (kidFrame) {
@@ -962,7 +979,8 @@ nsTableRowFrame::ReflowChildren(nsIPresContext*          aPresContext,
             (eReflowReason_StyleChange == aReflowState.reason)        ||
             isPaginated                                               ||
             (aReflowState.mFlags.mSpecialTableReflow && cellFrame->NeedSpecialReflow()) ||
-            HasPctHeight()) {
+            HasPctHeight() ||
+            notifyStyleChange ){
           // Reflow the cell to fit the available width, height
           nsSize  kidAvailSize(availColWidth, aReflowState.availableHeight);
           nsReflowReason reason = eReflowReason_Resize;
@@ -977,6 +995,10 @@ nsTableRowFrame::ReflowChildren(nsIPresContext*          aPresContext,
             reason = eReflowReason_StyleChange;
             cellToWatch = PR_TRUE;
           }
+          else if (notifyStyleChange) {
+            reason = eReflowReason_StyleChange;
+            cellToWatch = PR_TRUE;
+          }
           if (cellToWatch) {
             cellFrame->DidSetStyleContext(aPresContext); // XXX check this
             if (!tablePrevInFlow && isAutoLayout) {
@@ -1122,11 +1144,10 @@ nsTableRowFrame::IR_TargetIsMe(nsIPresContext*          aPresContext,
   nsIReflowCommand::ReflowType type;
   aReflowState.reflowCommand->GetType(type);
   switch (type) {
-    case nsIReflowCommand::ReflowDirty: {
+    case nsIReflowCommand::ReflowDirty: 
       // Reflow the dirty child frames. Typically this is newly added frames.
       rv = ReflowChildren(aPresContext, aDesiredSize, aReflowState, aTableFrame, aStatus, PR_TRUE);
       break;
-    }
     case nsIReflowCommand::StyleChanged :
       rv = IR_StyleChanged(aPresContext, aDesiredSize, aReflowState, aTableFrame, aStatus);
       break;
@@ -1154,6 +1175,7 @@ nsTableRowFrame::IR_StyleChanged(nsIPresContext*          aPresContext,
   // we presume that all the easy optimizations were done in the nsHTMLStyleSheet before we were called here
   // XXX: we can optimize this when we know which style attribute changed
   aTableFrame.SetNeedStrategyInit(PR_TRUE);
+  rv = ReflowChildren(aPresContext, aDesiredSize, aReflowState, aTableFrame, aStatus, PR_FALSE);
   return rv;
 }
 
diff --git a/layout/tables/nsTableRowGroupFrame.cpp b/layout/tables/nsTableRowGroupFrame.cpp
index 9a760bb82a03..6125cfde5089 100644
--- a/layout/tables/nsTableRowGroupFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/tables/nsTableRowGroupFrame.cpp
@@ -411,8 +411,25 @@ nsTableRowGroupFrame::ReflowChildren(nsIPresContext*        aPresContext,
       // it wants. We'll deal with splitting later after we've computed the row
       // heights, taking into account cells with row spans...
       kidAvailSize.height = NS_UNCONSTRAINEDSIZE;
-      nsReflowReason reason = (frameState & NS_FRAME_FIRST_REFLOW) 
-                              ? eReflowReason_Initial : aReflowState.reason;
+      // If the incremental reflow command is a StyleChanged reflow and
+      // it's target is the current frame, then make sure we send
+      // StyleChange reflow reasons down to the children so that they
+      // don't over-optimize their reflow.
+      nsIFrame* target = nsnull;
+      nsReflowReason reason = aReflowState.reason;
+      if (eReflowReason_Incremental == aReflowState.reason) {
+        aReflowState.reflowState.reflowCommand->GetTarget(target);
+        if (this == target) {
+          nsIReflowCommand::ReflowType type;
+          aReflowState.reflowState.reflowCommand->GetType(type);
+          if (nsIReflowCommand::StyleChanged == type) {
+            reason = eReflowReason_StyleChange;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      if (frameState & NS_FRAME_FIRST_REFLOW) {
+        reason = eReflowReason_Initial;
+      }
       nsHTMLReflowState kidReflowState(aPresContext, aReflowState.reflowState, kidFrame,
                                        kidAvailSize, reason);
      
@@ -1590,6 +1607,12 @@ nsTableRowGroupFrame::IR_StyleChanged(nsIPresContext*        aPresContext,
   // we presume that all the easy optimizations were done in the nsHTMLStyleSheet before we were called here
   // XXX: we can optimize this when we know which style attribute changed
   aReflowState.tableFrame->SetNeedStrategyInit(PR_TRUE);
+  nsRowGroupReflowState state(aReflowState);
+  nsTableRowFrame* firstRowReflowed;
+  rv = ReflowChildren(aPresContext, aDesiredSize, state, aStatus,
+                          nsnull, PR_FALSE, &firstRowReflowed);
+  CalculateRowHeights(aPresContext, aDesiredSize, aReflowState.reflowState, firstRowReflowed);
+      
   return rv;
 }