diff --git a/browser/base/content/browser-siteProtections.js b/browser/base/content/browser-siteProtections.js
index 4bb7f008c2cd..89dd096e4ac2 100644
--- a/browser/base/content/browser-siteProtections.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/browser-siteProtections.js
@@ -672,20 +672,22 @@ var ThirdPartyCookies = {
   },
 
   isDetected(state) {
-    if (this.behaviorPref == Ci.nsICookieService.BEHAVIOR_REJECT_TRACKER) {
-      // We don't have a state that specifically represents loaded tracker cookies,
-      // so use loaded tracking content as a proxy - it's not perfect but it
-      // yields fewer false-positives than the generic loaded cookies state.
+    if (this.isBlocking(state)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if (
+      this.behaviorPref == Ci.nsICookieService.BEHAVIOR_REJECT_TRACKER ||
+      this.behaviorPref == Ci.nsICookieService.BEHAVIOR_ACCEPT
+    ) {
       return (
-        (state & Ci.nsIWebProgressListener.STATE_LOADED_TRACKING_CONTENT) != 0
+        (state & Ci.nsIWebProgressListener.STATE_COOKIES_LOADED_TRACKER) != 0
       );
     }
 
-    // We don't have any proxies for the other cookie behaviors unfortunately.
-    return (
-      this.isBlocking(state) ||
-      (state & Ci.nsIWebProgressListener.STATE_COOKIES_LOADED) != 0
-    );
+    // We don't have specific flags for the other cookie behaviors so just
+    // fall back to STATE_COOKIES_LOADED.
+    return (state & Ci.nsIWebProgressListener.STATE_COOKIES_LOADED) != 0;
   },
 
   async updateSubView() {
diff --git a/browser/base/content/test/trackingUI/browser_trackingUI_open_preferences.js b/browser/base/content/test/trackingUI/browser_trackingUI_open_preferences.js
index 38220f6783a8..d6fd358dbec4 100644
--- a/browser/base/content/test/trackingUI/browser_trackingUI_open_preferences.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/test/trackingUI/browser_trackingUI_open_preferences.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const TP_PREF = "privacy.trackingprotection.enabled";
 const TPC_PREF = "network.cookie.cookieBehavior";
 const TRACKING_PAGE =
   "http://tracking.example.org/browser/browser/base/content/test/trackingUI/trackingPage.html";
+const COOKIE_PAGE =
+  "http://tracking.example.com/browser/browser/base/content/test/trackingUI/cookiePage.html";
 
 async function waitAndAssertPreferencesShown(_spotlight, identityPopup) {
   await BrowserTestUtils.waitForEvent(
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ add_task(async function testOpenPreferencesFromCookiesSubview() {
   );
 
   let promise = BrowserTestUtils.openNewForegroundTab({
-    url: TRACKING_PAGE,
+    url: COOKIE_PAGE,
     gBrowser,
   });