diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/Telemetry.cpp b/toolkit/components/telemetry/Telemetry.cpp
index 2bfe11c6c924..dffcffa0707c 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/telemetry/Telemetry.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/Telemetry.cpp
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ WrapAndReturnHistogram(Histogram *h, JSContext *cx, jsval *ret)
 }
 
 TelemetryImpl::TelemetryImpl():
-mCanRecord(true)
+mCanRecord(XRE_GetProcessType() == GeckoProcessType_Default)
 {
   mHistogramMap.Init(Telemetry::HistogramCount);
 }