diff --git a/mobile/android/app/mobile.js b/mobile/android/app/mobile.js
index dad4dc56cbe..67e6f83d8e9 100644
--- a/mobile/android/app/mobile.js
+++ b/mobile/android/app/mobile.js
@@ -438,7 +438,10 @@ pref("dom.ipc.plugins.enabled", true);
 #endif
 
 pref("plugins.click_to_play", true);
-pref("plugins.use_placeholder", 1);
+// Disabled because of thread safety problem
+// in getting the bits from the surface.
+// Bug 756253
+pref("plugins.use_placeholder", 0);
 
 // process priority
 // higher values give content process less CPU time