diff --git a/view/src/nsViewManager.cpp b/view/src/nsViewManager.cpp
index ac61f06e611..7abdf0678e3 100644
--- a/view/src/nsViewManager.cpp
+++ b/view/src/nsViewManager.cpp
@@ -1323,7 +1323,8 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsViewManager::DispatchEvent(nsGUIEvent *aEvent, nsEventStatus *aS
         PRBool capturedEvent = PR_FALSE;
         
         if (!NS_IS_KEY_EVENT(aEvent) && !NS_IS_IME_EVENT(aEvent) &&
-            !NS_IS_CONTEXT_MENU_KEY(aEvent) && !NS_IS_FOCUS_EVENT(aEvent)) {
+            !NS_IS_CONTEXT_MENU_KEY(aEvent) && !NS_IS_FOCUS_EVENT(aEvent) &&
+             aEvent->eventStructType != NS_ACCESSIBLE_EVENT) {
           // will dispatch using coordinates. Pretty bogus but it's consistent
           // with what presshell does.
           view = GetDisplayRootFor(baseView);