diff --git a/layout/generic/nsTextFrame.cpp b/layout/generic/nsTextFrame.cpp
index 78e95542c61..67d2b026ba8 100644
--- a/layout/generic/nsTextFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/generic/nsTextFrame.cpp
@@ -2700,7 +2700,7 @@ nsTextFrame::RenderString(nsIRenderingContext& aRenderingContext,
       pendingCount = bp - runStart;
       if (0 != pendingCount) {
         // Measure previous run of characters using the previous font
-        //aRenderingContext.SetColor(aTextStyle.mColor->mColor); commenting out redundat(and destructive) call to setcolor
+        aRenderingContext.SetColor(aTextStyle.mColor->mColor);
         aRenderingContext.DrawString(runStart, pendingCount,
                                      aX, aY + mAscent, -1,
                                      spacing ? sp0 : nsnull);
diff --git a/layout/html/base/src/nsTextFrame.cpp b/layout/html/base/src/nsTextFrame.cpp
index 78e95542c61..67d2b026ba8 100644
--- a/layout/html/base/src/nsTextFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/html/base/src/nsTextFrame.cpp
@@ -2700,7 +2700,7 @@ nsTextFrame::RenderString(nsIRenderingContext& aRenderingContext,
       pendingCount = bp - runStart;
       if (0 != pendingCount) {
         // Measure previous run of characters using the previous font
-        //aRenderingContext.SetColor(aTextStyle.mColor->mColor); commenting out redundat(and destructive) call to setcolor
+        aRenderingContext.SetColor(aTextStyle.mColor->mColor);
         aRenderingContext.DrawString(runStart, pendingCount,
                                      aX, aY + mAscent, -1,
                                      spacing ? sp0 : nsnull);