diff --git a/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.cpp b/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.cpp
index d89638bc032..3be9e377fa6 100644
--- a/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.cpp
@@ -3116,21 +3116,16 @@ nsWindow::GetAttention(PRInt32 aCycleCount)
   if (!mWnd)
     return NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED;
 
-  // Don't flash if the flash count is 0 or if the
-  // top level window is already active.
+  HWND flashWnd = GetTopLevelHWND(mWnd, false, false);
   HWND fgWnd = ::GetForegroundWindow();
-  if (aCycleCount == 0 || fgWnd == GetTopLevelHWND(mWnd))
+  // Don't flash if the flash count is 0 or if the foreground window is our
+  // window handle or that of our owned-most window.
+  if (aCycleCount == 0 || 
+      flashWnd == fgWnd ||
+      flashWnd == GetTopLevelHWND(fgWnd, false, false)) {
     return NS_OK;
-
-  HWND flashWnd = mWnd;
-  while (HWND ownerWnd = ::GetWindow(flashWnd, GW_OWNER)) {
-    flashWnd = ownerWnd;
   }
 
-  // Don't flash if the owner window is active either.
-  if (fgWnd == flashWnd)
-    return NS_OK;
-
   DWORD defaultCycleCount = 0;
   ::SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETFOREGROUNDFLASHCOUNT, 0, &defaultCycleCount, 0);
 
@@ -8895,7 +8890,9 @@ nsWindow* nsWindow::GetTopLevelWindow(bool aStopOnDialogOrPopup)
 // of GetTopLevelWindow method.  Because this is checking whether the window
 // is top level only in Win32 window system.  Therefore, the result window
 // may not be managed by us.
-HWND nsWindow::GetTopLevelHWND(HWND aWnd, bool aStopOnDialogOrPopup)
+HWND nsWindow::GetTopLevelHWND(HWND aWnd, 
+                               bool aStopIfNotChild, 
+                               bool aStopIfNotPopup)
 {
   HWND curWnd = aWnd;
   HWND topWnd = NULL;
@@ -8904,7 +8901,7 @@ HWND nsWindow::GetTopLevelHWND(HWND aWnd, bool aStopOnDialogOrPopup)
   while (curWnd) {
     topWnd = curWnd;
 
-    if (aStopOnDialogOrPopup) {
+    if (aStopIfNotChild) {
       DWORD_PTR style = ::GetWindowLongPtrW(curWnd, GWL_STYLE);
 
       VERIFY_WINDOW_STYLE(style);
@@ -8914,6 +8911,12 @@ HWND nsWindow::GetTopLevelHWND(HWND aWnd, bool aStopOnDialogOrPopup)
     }
 
     upWnd = ::GetParent(curWnd); // Parent or owner (if has no parent)
+
+    // GetParent will only return the owner if the passed in window 
+    // has the WS_POPUP style.
+    if (!upWnd && !aStopIfNotPopup) {
+      upWnd = ::GetWindow(curWnd, GW_OWNER);
+    }
     curWnd = upWnd;
   }
 
diff --git a/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.h b/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.h
index 947c5372ecd..15f34f08c9a 100644
--- a/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.h
+++ b/widget/src/windows/nsWindow.h
@@ -242,7 +242,9 @@ public:
    */
   static void             GlobalMsgWindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
   nsWindow*               GetTopLevelWindow(bool aStopOnDialogOrPopup);
-  static HWND             GetTopLevelHWND(HWND aWnd, bool aStopOnDialogOrPopup = false);
+  static HWND             GetTopLevelHWND(HWND aWnd, 
+                                          bool aStopIfNotChild = false, 
+                                          bool aStopIfNotPopup = true);
   HWND                    GetWindowHandle() { return mWnd; }
   WNDPROC                 GetPrevWindowProc() { return mPrevWndProc; }
   static nsWindow*        GetNSWindowPtr(HWND aWnd);