diff --git a/dom/src/base/nsGlobalWindow.cpp b/dom/src/base/nsGlobalWindow.cpp
index 9364446d61f..e8971bac51e 100644
--- a/dom/src/base/nsGlobalWindow.cpp
+++ b/dom/src/base/nsGlobalWindow.cpp
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ static PRLogModuleInfo* gDOMLeakPRLog;
 #endif
 
 nsIFactory *nsGlobalWindow::sComputedDOMStyleFactory   = nsnull;
-nsIDOMStorageList *nsGlobalWindow::sGlobalStorageList  = nsnull;
 
 static nsIEntropyCollector *gEntropyCollector          = nsnull;
 static PRInt32              gRefCnt                    = 0;
@@ -781,7 +780,6 @@ void
 nsGlobalWindow::ShutDown()
 {
   NS_IF_RELEASE(sComputedDOMStyleFactory);
-  NS_IF_RELEASE(sGlobalStorageList);
 }
 
 // static
@@ -1005,6 +1003,8 @@ NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_TRAVERSE_BEGIN(nsGlobalWindow)
     NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_TRAVERSE_NSCOMPTR(mScriptContexts[i])
   }
 
+  NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_TRAVERSE_NSCOMPTR(gGlobalStorageList)
+
   for (PRUint32 i = 0; i < NS_STID_ARRAY_UBOUND; ++i) {      
     NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_TRAVERSE_NSCOMPTR(mInnerWindowHolders[i])
   }
@@ -1036,6 +1036,8 @@ NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_UNLINK_BEGIN(nsGlobalWindow)
     NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_UNLINK_NSCOMPTR(mScriptContexts[i])
   }
 
+  NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_UNLINK_NSCOMPTR(gGlobalStorageList)
+
   for (PRUint32 i = 0; i < NS_STID_ARRAY_UBOUND; ++i) {      
     NS_IMPL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_UNLINK_NSCOMPTR(mInnerWindowHolders[i])
   }
@@ -6698,12 +6700,12 @@ nsGlobalWindow::GetGlobalStorage(nsIDOMStorageList ** aGlobalStorage)
   NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(aGlobalStorage);
 
 #ifdef MOZ_STORAGE
-  if (!sGlobalStorageList) {
-    nsresult rv = NS_NewDOMStorageList(&sGlobalStorageList);
+  if (!gGlobalStorageList) {
+    nsresult rv = NS_NewDOMStorageList(getter_AddRefs(gGlobalStorageList));
     NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
   }
 
-  *aGlobalStorage = sGlobalStorageList;
+  *aGlobalStorage = gGlobalStorageList;
   NS_IF_ADDREF(*aGlobalStorage);
 
   return NS_OK;
diff --git a/dom/src/base/nsGlobalWindow.h b/dom/src/base/nsGlobalWindow.h
index 8e8d6137a9d..95fd573d96b 100644
--- a/dom/src/base/nsGlobalWindow.h
+++ b/dom/src/base/nsGlobalWindow.h
@@ -699,6 +699,9 @@ protected:
   nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMCrypto>        mCrypto;
   nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMPkcs11>        mPkcs11;
 
+
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMStorageList>   gGlobalStorageList;
+
   nsCOMPtr<nsISupports>         mInnerWindowHolders[NS_STID_ARRAY_UBOUND];
   nsCOMPtr<nsIPrincipal> mOpenerScriptPrincipal; // strong; used to determine
                                                  // whether to clear scope
@@ -737,7 +740,6 @@ protected:
   friend class nsDOMWindowUtils;
   friend class PostMessageEvent;
   static nsIFactory *sComputedDOMStyleFactory;
-  static nsIDOMStorageList* sGlobalStorageList;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/dom/tests/mochitest/chrome/domstorage_global.js b/dom/tests/mochitest/chrome/domstorage_global.js
index eb741f38907..b0d3458d46a 100644
--- a/dom/tests/mochitest/chrome/domstorage_global.js
+++ b/dom/tests/mochitest/chrome/domstorage_global.js
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-ok(globalStorage === this["globalStorage"], "globalStorage is global check 1")
-ok(globalStorage === window["globalStorage"], "globalStorage is global check 2")
-
 function test_DOMStorage_global()
 {
   var currentDomain = "mozilla.com";
@@ -160,9 +157,4 @@ function test_DOMStorage_global_Item(storage, key, expectedvalue, expectedlength
 function is(left, right, str)
 {
   window.opener.wrappedJSObject.SimpleTest.is(left, right, str);
-}
-
-function ok(val, str)
-{
-  window.opener.wrappedJSObject.SimpleTest.ok(val, str);
-}
+}
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