diff --git a/toolkit/components/places/nsAnnoProtocolHandler.cpp b/toolkit/components/places/nsAnnoProtocolHandler.cpp
index 0ab98e175ba..115eed6c515 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/places/nsAnnoProtocolHandler.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/nsAnnoProtocolHandler.cpp
@@ -335,8 +335,12 @@ nsAnnoProtocolHandler::NewFaviconChannel(nsIURI *aURI, nsIURI *aAnnotationURI,
   // Create our channel.  We'll call SetContentType with the right type when
   // we know what it actually is.
   nsCOMPtr<nsIChannel> channel;
-  rv = NS_NewInputStreamChannel(getter_AddRefs(channel), aURI, inputStream,
-                                EmptyCString());
+  rv = NS_NewInputStreamChannel(getter_AddRefs(channel),
+                                aURI,
+                                inputStream,
+                                nsContentUtils::GetSystemPrincipal(),
+                                nsILoadInfo::SEC_NORMAL,
+                                nsIContentPolicy::TYPE_OTHER);
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, GetDefaultIcon(_channel));
 
   // Now we go ahead and get our data asynchronously for the favicon.