diff --git a/widget/windows/WinUtils.cpp b/widget/windows/WinUtils.cpp
index 0348705261a..1aba34da641 100644
--- a/widget/windows/WinUtils.cpp
+++ b/widget/windows/WinUtils.cpp
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ nsresult AsyncFaviconDataReady::OnFaviconDataNotAvailable(void)
   rv = NS_NewChannel(getter_AddRefs(channel),
                      mozIconURI,
                      nsContentUtils::GetSystemPrincipal(),
-                     nsILoadInfo::SEC_NORMAL,
+                     nsILoadInfo::SEC_ALLOW_CROSS_ORIGIN_DATA_IS_NULL,
                      nsIContentPolicy::TYPE_IMAGE);
 
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
@@ -1117,8 +1117,7 @@ nsresult AsyncFaviconDataReady::OnFaviconDataNotAvailable(void)
   rv = NS_NewDownloader(getter_AddRefs(listener), downloadObserver, icoFile);
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
-  channel->AsyncOpen(listener, nullptr);
-  return NS_OK;
+  return channel->AsyncOpen2(listener);
 }
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP