diff --git a/mobile/android/base/db/LocalBrowserDB.java b/mobile/android/base/db/LocalBrowserDB.java
index 5945727629f..84aa1fef040 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/db/LocalBrowserDB.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/db/LocalBrowserDB.java
@@ -501,8 +501,10 @@ public class LocalBrowserDB implements BrowserDB.BrowserDBIface {
         // Do this now so that the items still exist!
         bumpParents(cr, Bookmarks.URL, uri);
 
-        final String[] urlArgs = new String[] { uri };
-        final String urlEquals = Bookmarks.URL + " = ?";
+        // Toggling bookmark on an URL should not affect the items in the reading list
+        final String[] urlArgs = new String[] { uri, String.valueOf(Bookmarks.FIXED_READING_LIST_ID) };
+        final String urlEquals = Bookmarks.URL + " = ? AND " + Bookmarks.PARENT + " != ?";
+
         cr.delete(contentUri, urlEquals, urlArgs);
     }