diff --git a/netwerk/base/public/nsIProxiedProtocolHandler.idl b/netwerk/base/public/nsIProxiedProtocolHandler.idl
index 995e576fe3d..604177c1243 100644
--- a/netwerk/base/public/nsIProxiedProtocolHandler.idl
+++ b/netwerk/base/public/nsIProxiedProtocolHandler.idl
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ interface nsIProxiedProtocolHandler : nsIProtocolHandler
      *        effect), except in the case of websockets which wants to bootstrap
      *        to an http:// channel but make its proxy determination based on
      *        a ws:// uri.
+     * @param aLoadInfo used to evaluate who initated the resource request.
      */
     nsIChannel newProxiedChannel2(in nsIURI uri, in nsIProxyInfo proxyInfo,
                                   in unsigned long proxyResolveFlags,
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutBlank.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutBlank.cpp
index 9326b285cdd..fd4d3b8ec9c 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutBlank.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutBlank.cpp
@@ -23,14 +23,28 @@ nsAboutBlank::NewChannel(nsIURI* aURI,
     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
 
     nsCOMPtr<nsIChannel> channel;
-    rv = NS_NewInputStreamChannel(getter_AddRefs(channel),
-                                  aURI,
-                                  in,
-                                  nsContentUtils::GetSystemPrincipal(),
-                                  nsILoadInfo::SEC_NORMAL,
-                                  nsIContentPolicy::TYPE_OTHER,
-                                  NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("text/html"),
-                                  NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("utf-8"));
+    // Bug 1087720 (and Bug 1099296):
+    // Once all callsites have been updated to call NewChannel2()
+    // instead of NewChannel() we should have a non-null loadInfo
+    // consistently. Until then we have to branch on the loadInfo.
+    if (aLoadInfo) {
+      rv = NS_NewInputStreamChannelInternal(getter_AddRefs(channel),
+                                            aURI,
+                                            in,
+                                            NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("text/html"),
+                                            NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("utf-8"),
+                                            aLoadInfo);
+    }
+    else {
+      rv = NS_NewInputStreamChannel(getter_AddRefs(channel),
+                                    aURI,
+                                    in,
+                                    nsContentUtils::GetSystemPrincipal(),
+                                    nsILoadInfo::SEC_NORMAL,
+                                    nsIContentPolicy::TYPE_OTHER,
+                                    NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("text/html"),
+                                    NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("utf-8"));
+    }
     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
 
     channel.forget(result);
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutBloat.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutBloat.cpp
index 235858ed5cc..8dee932d0ad 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutBloat.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutBloat.cpp
@@ -112,14 +112,28 @@ nsAboutBloat::NewChannel(nsIURI* aURI,
     }
 
     nsIChannel* channel = nullptr;
-    rv = NS_NewInputStreamChannel(&channel,
-                                  aURI,
-                                  inStr,
-                                  nsContentUtils::GetSystemPrincipal(),
-                                  nsILoadInfo::SEC_NORMAL,
-                                  nsIContentPolicy::TYPE_OTHER,
-                                  NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("text/plain"),
-                                  NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("utf-8"));
+    // Bug 1087720 (and Bug 1099296):
+    // Once all callsites have been updated to call NewChannel2()
+    // instead of NewChannel() we should have a non-null loadInfo
+    // consistently. Until then we have to branch on the loadInfo.
+    if (aLoadInfo) {
+      rv = NS_NewInputStreamChannelInternal(&channel,
+                                            aURI,
+                                            inStr,
+                                            NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("text/plain"),
+                                            NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("utf-8"),
+                                            aLoadInfo);
+    }
+    else {
+      rv = NS_NewInputStreamChannel(&channel,
+                                    aURI,
+                                    inStr,
+                                    nsContentUtils::GetSystemPrincipal(),
+                                    nsILoadInfo::SEC_NORMAL,
+                                    nsIContentPolicy::TYPE_OTHER,
+                                    NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("text/plain"),
+                                    NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("utf-8"));
+    }
     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
 
     *result = channel;
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutCache.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutCache.cpp
index b1a12c70b42..36dcdb7c5b3 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutCache.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutCache.cpp
@@ -64,14 +64,28 @@ nsAboutCache::NewChannel(nsIURI* aURI,
     mEntriesHeaderAdded = false;
 
     nsCOMPtr<nsIChannel> channel;
-    rv = NS_NewInputStreamChannel(getter_AddRefs(channel),
-                                  aURI,
-                                  inputStream,
-                                  nsContentUtils::GetSystemPrincipal(),
-                                  nsILoadInfo::SEC_NORMAL,
-                                  nsIContentPolicy::TYPE_OTHER,
-                                  NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("text/html"),
-                                  NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("utf-8"));
+    // Bug 1087720 (and Bug 1099296):
+    // Once all callsites have been updated to call NewChannel2()
+    // instead of NewChannel() we should have a non-null loadInfo
+    // consistently. Until then we have to branch on the loadInfo.
+    if (aLoadInfo) {
+      rv = NS_NewInputStreamChannelInternal(getter_AddRefs(channel),
+                                            aURI,
+                                            inputStream,
+                                            NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("text/html"),
+                                            NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("utf-8"),
+                                            aLoadInfo);
+    }
+    else {
+      rv = NS_NewInputStreamChannel(getter_AddRefs(channel),
+                            aURI,
+                            inputStream,
+                            nsContentUtils::GetSystemPrincipal(),
+                            nsILoadInfo::SEC_NORMAL,
+                            nsIContentPolicy::TYPE_OTHER,
+                            NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("text/html"),
+                            NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("utf-8"));
+    }
     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
 
     mBuffer.AssignLiteral(
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutCacheEntry.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutCacheEntry.cpp
index 5fdc2871e3c..c2030e8ed00 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutCacheEntry.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutCacheEntry.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,18 @@ nsAboutCacheEntry::NewChannel(nsIURI* uri,
     nsCOMPtr<nsIInputStream> stream;
     rv = GetContentStream(uri, getter_AddRefs(stream));
     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
-
+    // Bug 1087720 (and Bug 1099296):
+    // Once all callsites have been updated to call NewChannel2()
+    // instead of NewChannel() we should have a non-null loadInfo
+    // consistently. Until then we have to branch on the loadInfo.
+    if (aLoadInfo) {
+      return NS_NewInputStreamChannelInternal(result,
+                                              uri,
+                                              stream,
+                                              NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("text/html"),
+                                              NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("utf-8"),
+                                              aLoadInfo);
+    }
     return NS_NewInputStreamChannel(result,
                                     uri,
                                     stream,
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutProtocolHandler.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutProtocolHandler.cpp
index 8a81437e3ec..13af35bb8b7 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutProtocolHandler.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/about/nsAboutProtocolHandler.cpp
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ nsAboutProtocolHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* uri,
         // The standard return case:
         rv = aboutMod->NewChannel(uri, aLoadInfo, result);
         if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) {
+            // Not all implementations of nsIAboutModule::NewChannel()
+            // set the LoadInfo on the newly created channel yet, as
+            // an interim solution we set the LoadInfo here if not
+            // available on the channel. Bug 1087720
+            nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo;
+            (*result)->GetLoadInfo(getter_AddRefs(loadInfo));
+            if (!loadInfo) {
+                (*result)->SetLoadInfo(aLoadInfo);
+            }
+
             // If this URI is safe for untrusted content, enforce that its
             // principal be based on the channel's originalURI by setting the
             // owner to null.
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/app/AppProtocolHandler.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/app/AppProtocolHandler.cpp
index 6a95c68bd65..fda2ce8112b 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/app/AppProtocolHandler.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/app/AppProtocolHandler.cpp
@@ -423,7 +423,9 @@ AppProtocolHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* aUri,
     if (NS_FAILED(rv) || !jsInfo.isObject()) {
       // Return a DummyChannel.
       printf_stderr("!! Creating a dummy channel for %s (no appInfo)\n", host.get());
-      NS_IF_ADDREF(*aResult = new DummyChannel());
+      nsRefPtr<nsIChannel> dummyChannel = new DummyChannel();
+      dummyChannel->SetLoadInfo(aLoadInfo);
+      dummyChannel.forget(aResult);
       return NS_OK;
     }
 
@@ -432,7 +434,9 @@ AppProtocolHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* aUri,
     if (!appInfo->Init(cx, jsInfo) || appInfo->mPath.IsEmpty()) {
       // Return a DummyChannel.
       printf_stderr("!! Creating a dummy channel for %s (invalid appInfo)\n", host.get());
-      NS_IF_ADDREF(*aResult = new DummyChannel());
+      nsRefPtr<nsIChannel> dummyChannel = new DummyChannel();
+      dummyChannel->SetLoadInfo(aLoadInfo);
+      dummyChannel.forget(aResult);
       return NS_OK;
     }
     mAppInfoCache.Put(host, appInfo);
@@ -456,6 +460,10 @@ AppProtocolHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* aUri,
   rv = channel->Init(jarURI);
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
+  // set the loadInfo on the new channel
+  rv = channel->SetLoadInfo(aLoadInfo);
+  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
+
   rv = channel->SetAppURI(aUri);
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/data/nsDataHandler.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/data/nsDataHandler.cpp
index e5d2ed7bb32..b242593d29b 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/data/nsDataHandler.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/data/nsDataHandler.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ nsDataHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* uri,
         return rv;
     }
 
+    // set the loadInfo on the new channel
+    rv = channel->SetLoadInfo(aLoadInfo);
+    if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
+        NS_RELEASE(channel);
+        return rv;
+    }
+
     *result = channel;
     return NS_OK;
 }
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/device/nsDeviceProtocolHandler.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/device/nsDeviceProtocolHandler.cpp
index 577692bd7c0..51cfe9033d6 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/device/nsDeviceProtocolHandler.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/device/nsDeviceProtocolHandler.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ nsDeviceProtocolHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* aURI,
   nsresult rv = channel->Init(aURI);
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
+  // set the loadInfo on the new channel
+  rv = channel->SetLoadInfo(aLoadInfo);
+  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
+
   return CallQueryInterface(channel, aResult);
 }
 
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/file/nsFileProtocolHandler.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/file/nsFileProtocolHandler.cpp
index 2c417a6a4e5..c8b9ac0e0fa 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/file/nsFileProtocolHandler.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/file/nsFileProtocolHandler.cpp
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ nsFileProtocolHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* uri,
         return rv;
     }
 
+    // set the loadInfo on the new channel
+    rv = chan->SetLoadInfo(aLoadInfo);
+    if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
+        NS_RELEASE(chan);
+        return rv;
+    }
+
     *result = chan;
     return NS_OK;
 }
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/ftp/nsFtpProtocolHandler.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/ftp/nsFtpProtocolHandler.cpp
index bd1f94ee845..f540650d2cf 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/ftp/nsFtpProtocolHandler.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/ftp/nsFtpProtocolHandler.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ nsFtpProtocolHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* url,
                                   nsILoadInfo* aLoadInfo,
                                   nsIChannel** result)
 {
-    return NewProxiedChannel(url, nullptr, 0, nullptr, result);
+    return NewProxiedChannel2(url, nullptr, 0, nullptr, aLoadInfo, result);
 }
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP
@@ -234,7 +234,13 @@ nsFtpProtocolHandler::NewProxiedChannel2(nsIURI* uri, nsIProxyInfo* proxyInfo,
     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
         return rv;
     }
-    
+
+    // set the loadInfo on the new channel
+    rv = channel->SetLoadInfo(aLoadInfo);
+    if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
+        return rv;
+    }
+
     channel.forget(result);
     return rv;
 }
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpHandler.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpHandler.cpp
index 1ef14cdf1bc..af343ca8461 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpHandler.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpHandler.cpp
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ nsHttpHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* uri,
         }
     }
 
-    return NewProxiedChannel(uri, nullptr, 0, nullptr, result);
+    return NewProxiedChannel2(uri, nullptr, 0, nullptr, aLoadInfo, result);
 }
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP
@@ -1793,6 +1793,12 @@ nsHttpHandler::NewProxiedChannel2(nsIURI *uri,
     if (NS_FAILED(rv))
         return rv;
 
+    // set the loadInfo on the new channel
+    rv = httpChannel->SetLoadInfo(aLoadInfo);
+    if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
+        return rv;
+    }
+
     httpChannel.forget(result);
     return NS_OK;
 }
@@ -2107,7 +2113,7 @@ nsHttpsHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* aURI,
     MOZ_ASSERT(gHttpHandler);
     if (!gHttpHandler)
       return NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED;
-    return gHttpHandler->NewChannel(aURI, _retval);
+    return gHttpHandler->NewChannel2(aURI, aLoadInfo, _retval);
 }
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/res/nsResProtocolHandler.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/res/nsResProtocolHandler.cpp
index 1f6cf39dbd4..8111deea320 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/res/nsResProtocolHandler.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/res/nsResProtocolHandler.cpp
@@ -284,14 +284,27 @@ nsResProtocolHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* uri,
                                   nsIChannel** result)
 {
     NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(uri);
-    nsresult rv;
     nsAutoCString spec;
+    nsresult rv = ResolveURI(uri, spec);
+    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
-    rv = ResolveURI(uri, spec);
-    if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
+    // Bug 1087720 (and Bug 1099296):
+    // Once all callsites have been updated to call NewChannel2() instead of NewChannel()
+    // we should have a non-null loadInfo consistently. Until then we have to branch on the
+    // loadInfo.
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> newURI;
+    rv = NS_NewURI(getter_AddRefs(newURI), spec);
+    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
-    rv = mIOService->NewChannel(spec, nullptr, nullptr, result);
-    if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
+    if (aLoadInfo) {
+        rv = NS_NewChannelInternal(result,
+                                   newURI,
+                                   aLoadInfo);
+    }
+    else {
+        rv = mIOService->NewChannelFromURI(newURI, result);
+    }
+    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
     nsLoadFlags loadFlags = 0;
     (*result)->GetLoadFlags(&loadFlags);
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/rtsp/RtspHandler.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/rtsp/RtspHandler.cpp
index 885cb64d4bf..f633f1ce85d 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/rtsp/RtspHandler.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/rtsp/RtspHandler.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ RtspHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* aURI,
   rv = rtspChannel->Init();
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
+  // set the loadInfo on the new channel
+  rv = rtspChannel->SetLoadInfo(aLoadInfo);
+  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
+
   rtspChannel.forget(aResult);
   return NS_OK;
 }
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/viewsource/nsViewSourceHandler.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/viewsource/nsViewSourceHandler.cpp
index 979aea3510c..261ee2465e5 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/viewsource/nsViewSourceHandler.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/viewsource/nsViewSourceHandler.cpp
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ nsViewSourceHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* uri,
         return rv;
     }
 
+    // set the loadInfo on the new channel
+    rv = channel->SetLoadInfo(aLoadInfo);
+    if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
+        NS_RELEASE(channel);
+        return rv;
+    }
+
     *result = static_cast<nsIViewSourceChannel*>(channel);
     return NS_OK;
 }
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/wyciwyg/nsWyciwygProtocolHandler.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/wyciwyg/nsWyciwygProtocolHandler.cpp
index 30cfd2127d2..3e9b66af47c 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/wyciwyg/nsWyciwygProtocolHandler.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/wyciwyg/nsWyciwygProtocolHandler.cpp
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ nsWyciwygProtocolHandler::NewChannel2(nsIURI* url,
   if (NS_FAILED(rv))
     return rv;
 
+  // set the loadInfo on the new channel
+  rv = channel->SetLoadInfo(aLoadInfo);
+  if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
+      return rv;
+  }
+
   channel.forget(result);
   return NS_OK;
 }