diff --git a/mobile/android/base/Tab.java b/mobile/android/base/Tab.java
index 70c751d3da6..8ecf88b73c8 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/Tab.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/Tab.java
@@ -439,7 +439,8 @@ public final class Tab {
         if (!mReaderEnabled)
             return;
 
-        GeckoApp.mAppContext.loadUrl("about:reader?url=" + Uri.encode(getURL()) +
+        GeckoApp.mAppContext.loadUrl("about:reader?tabId=" + mId +
+                                     "&url=" + Uri.encode(getURL()) +
                                      "&readingList=" + (mReadingListItem ? 1 : 0));
     }
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/chrome/content/aboutReader.js b/mobile/android/chrome/content/aboutReader.js
index 8127319785a..6b7091fc68d 100644
--- a/mobile/android/chrome/content/aboutReader.js
+++ b/mobile/android/chrome/content/aboutReader.js
@@ -90,15 +90,13 @@ let AboutReader = {
     this._updateToggleButton();
 
     let url = queryArgs.url;
-    if (url) {
+    let tabId = queryArgs.tabId;
+    if (tabId) {
+      dump("Loading from tab with ID: " + tabId + ", URL: " + url);
+      this._loadFromTab(tabId, url);
+    } else {
       dump("Fetching page with URL: " + url);
       this._loadFromURL(url);
-    } else {
-      var tabId = queryArgs.tabId;
-      if (tabId) {
-        dump("Loading from tab with ID: " + tabId);
-        this._loadFromTab(tabId);
-      }
     }
   },
 
@@ -319,10 +317,10 @@ let AboutReader = {
     }.bind(this));
   },
 
-  _loadFromTab: function Reader_loadFromTab(tabId) {
+  _loadFromTab: function Reader_loadFromTab(tabId, url) {
     this._showProgress();
 
-    gChromeWin.Reader.parseDocumentFromTab(tabId, function(article) {
+    gChromeWin.Reader.getArticleForTab(tabId, url, function(article) {
       if (article)
         this._showContent(article);
       else
diff --git a/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js b/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
index 9877b187522..9376c383ef7 100644
--- a/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
+++ b/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
@@ -2101,6 +2101,7 @@ function Tab(aURL, aParams) {
   this.clickToPlayPluginsActivated = false;
   this.desktopMode = false;
   this.originalURI = null;
+  this.savedArticle = null;
 
   this.create(aURL, aParams);
 }
@@ -2840,8 +2841,16 @@ Tab.prototype = {
           // Do nothing if there's no article or the page in this tab has
           // changed
           let tabURL = this.browser.currentURI.specIgnoringRef;
-          if (article == null || (article.url != tabURL))
+          if (article == null || (article.url != tabURL)) {
+            // Don't clear the article for about:reader pages since we want to
+            // use the article from the previous page
+            if (!/^about:reader/i.test(tabURL))
+              this.savedArticle = null;
+
             return;
+          }
+
+          this.savedArticle = article;
 
           sendMessageToJava({
             gecko: {
@@ -6348,7 +6357,8 @@ let Reader = {
     switch(aTopic) {
       case "Reader:Add": {
         let tab = BrowserApp.getTabForId(aData);
-        let url = tab.browser.contentWindow.location.href;
+        let currentURI = tab.browser.currentURI;
+        let url = currentURI.spec;
 
         let sendResult = function(success, title) {
           this.log("Reader:Add success=" + success + ", url=" + url + ", title=" + title);
@@ -6363,7 +6373,7 @@ let Reader = {
           });
         }.bind(this);
 
-        this.parseDocumentFromTab(aData, function(article) {
+        this.getArticleForTab(aData, currentURI.specIgnoringRef, function (article) {
           if (!article) {
             sendResult(false, "");
             return;
@@ -6423,6 +6433,18 @@ let Reader = {
     }
   },
 
+  getArticleForTab: function Reader_getArticleForTab(tabId, url, callback) {
+    let tab = BrowserApp.getTabForId(tabId);
+    let article = tab.savedArticle;
+
+    if (article && article.url == url) {
+      this.log("Saved article found in tab");
+      callback(article);
+    } else {
+      this.parseDocumentFromURL(url, callback);
+    }
+  },
+
   parseDocumentFromTab: function(tabId, callback) {
     try {
       this.log("parseDocumentFromTab: " + tabId);