diff --git a/content/html/content/src/HTMLMediaElement.cpp b/content/html/content/src/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
index 0349b708750..86da5c2be9b 100644
--- a/content/html/content/src/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
+++ b/content/html/content/src/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
@@ -2097,6 +2097,8 @@ HTMLMediaElement::Play(ErrorResult& aRv)
     }
   }
 
+  SetPlaybackRate(mDefaultPlaybackRate);
+
   mPaused = false;
   mAutoplaying = false;
   // We changed mPaused and mAutoplaying which can affect AddRemoveSelfReference
diff --git a/content/media/test/Makefile.in b/content/media/test/Makefile.in
index ec9b6936af4..f378f3741f4 100644
--- a/content/media/test/Makefile.in
+++ b/content/media/test/Makefile.in
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ MOCHITEST_FILES = \
 		test_VideoPlaybackQuality.html \
 		test_VideoPlaybackQuality_disabled.html \
 		test_webvtt_disabled.html \
-		test_playback_rate_playpause.html \
 		$(NULL)
 
 # Disabled on Windows for frequent intermittent failures
diff --git a/content/media/test/test_playback_rate_playpause.html b/content/media/test/test_playback_rate_playpause.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f22432ae6c..00000000000
--- a/content/media/test/test_playback_rate_playpause.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML>
-<html>
-<head>
-  <title>Test that the playbackRate property is not reset when resuming the playback</title>
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="/tests/SimpleTest/SimpleTest.js"></script>
-  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/tests/SimpleTest/test.css" />
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="manifest.js"></script>
-</head>
-<body>
-<pre id="test">
-<script class="testbody" type='application/javascript;version=1.8'>
-
-if (navigator.platform.startsWith("Win")) {
-  SimpleTest.expectAssertions(0, 1);
-} else if (navigator.platform.startsWith("Mac")) {
-  SimpleTest.expectAssertions(0, 2);
-}
-
-let manager = new MediaTestManager;
-
-function ontimeupdate(e) {
-  var t = e.target;
-  if (t.currentTime != 0.0) {
-    t.removeEventListener("timeupdate", ontimeupdate);
-    t.pause();
-    is(t.playbackRate, 0.5, "PlaybackRate should not have changed after pause.");
-  }
-}
-
-function onpaused(e) {
-  var t = e.target;
-  t.play();
-  is(t.playbackRate, 0.5, "PlaybackRate should not have changed after resuming playback.");
-  finish_test(t);
-}
-
-function finish_test(element) {
-  if (element.parentNode)
-    element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
-  element.src="";
-  manager.finished(element.token);
-}
-
-function startTest(test, token) {
-  let elemType = /^audio/.test(test.type) ? "audio" : "video";
-  let element = document.createElement(elemType);
-  element.src = test.name;
-  element.token = token;
-  element.controls = true;
-  element.playbackRate = 0.5;
-  document.body.appendChild(element);
-  element.addEventListener("timeupdate", ontimeupdate);
-  element.addEventListener("pause", onpaused);
-  element.addEventListener("loadedmetadata", function() {
-    element.play();
-  });
-  manager.started(token);
-}
-
-manager.runTests(gPlayedTests, startTest);
-
-</script>
-</pre>
-<div id="elements">
-</div>
-</body>
-</html>
diff --git a/toolkit/content/widgets/videocontrols.xml b/toolkit/content/widgets/videocontrols.xml
index 1e4a544f307..33f1b4ecea3 100644
--- a/toolkit/content/widgets/videocontrols.xml
+++ b/toolkit/content/widgets/videocontrols.xml
@@ -1004,7 +1004,6 @@
                     if (this.video.paused || this.video.ended) {
                         this._triggeredByControls = true;
                         this.hideClickToPlay();
-                        this.video.playbackRate = this.video.defaultPlaybackRate;
                         this.video.play();
                     } else {
                         this.video.pause();
