diff --git a/content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.cpp b/content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.cpp
index 658efa0b1e7..24bedc2f953 100644
--- a/content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.cpp
+++ b/content/base/src/nsXMLHttpRequest.cpp
@@ -1169,7 +1169,17 @@ nsXMLHttpRequest::GetStatusText(nsCString& aStatusText)
     return;
   }
 
-  httpChannel->GetResponseStatusText(aStatusText);
+
+  // Check the current XHR state to see if it is valid to obtain the statusText
+  // value.  This check is to prevent the status text for redirects from being
+  // available before all the redirects have been followed and HTTP headers have
+  // been received.
+  uint16_t readyState;
+  GetReadyState(&readyState);
+  if (readyState != OPENED && readyState != UNSENT) {
+    httpChannel->GetResponseStatusText(aStatusText);
+  }
+
 
 }