diff --git a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.cpp b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.cpp
index 31ebe8de3bd..07023074325 100644
--- a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.cpp
@@ -505,10 +505,70 @@ nsDisplaySVG::HitTest(nsDisplayListBuilder* aBuilder, const nsRect& aRect,
 
 void
 nsDisplaySVG::Paint(nsDisplayListBuilder* aBuilder,
-                    nsRenderingContext* aCtx)
+                    nsRenderingContext* aContext)
 {
-  static_cast<nsSVGOuterSVGFrame*>(mFrame)->
-    Paint(aBuilder, aCtx, mVisibleRect, ToReferenceFrame());
+  nsSVGOuterSVGFrame *frame = static_cast<nsSVGOuterSVGFrame*>(mFrame);
+
+  if (frame->GetStateBits() & NS_STATE_SVG_NONDISPLAY_CHILD)
+    return;
+
+#if defined(DEBUG) && defined(SVG_DEBUG_PAINT_TIMING)
+  PRTime start = PR_Now();
+#endif
+
+  aContext->PushState();
+
+#ifdef XP_MACOSX
+  if (frame->BitmapFallbackEnabled()) {
+    // nquartz fallback paths, which svg tends to trigger, need
+    // a non-window context target
+    aContext->ThebesContext()->PushGroup(gfxASurface::CONTENT_COLOR_ALPHA);
+  }
+#endif
+
+  frame->Paint(aBuilder, aContext, mVisibleRect, ToReferenceFrame());
+
+#ifdef XP_MACOSX
+  if (frame->BitmapFallbackEnabled()) {
+    // show the surface we pushed earlier for fallbacks
+    aContext->ThebesContext()->PopGroupToSource();
+    aContext->ThebesContext()->Paint();
+  }
+
+  if (aContext->ThebesContext()->HasError() && !frame->BitmapFallbackEnabled()) {
+    frame->SetBitmapFallbackEnabled(true);
+    // It's not really clear what area to invalidate here. We might have
+    // stuffed up rendering for the entire window in this paint pass,
+    // so we can't just invalidate our own rect. Invalidate everything
+    // in sight.
+    // This won't work for printing, by the way, but failure to print the
+    // odd document is probably no worse than printing horribly for all
+    // documents. Better to fix things so we don't need fallback.
+    nsIFrame* ancestor = frame;
+    PRUint32 flags = 0;
+    while (true) {
+      nsIFrame* next = nsLayoutUtils::GetCrossDocParentFrame(ancestor);
+      if (!next)
+        break;
+      if (ancestor->GetParent() != next) {
+        // We're crossing a document boundary. Logically, the invalidation is
+        // being triggered by a subdocument of the root document. This will
+        // prevent an untrusted root document being told about invalidation
+        // that happened because a child was using SVG...
+        flags |= nsIFrame::INVALIDATE_CROSS_DOC;
+      }
+      ancestor = next;
+    }
+    ancestor->InvalidateWithFlags(nsRect(nsPoint(0, 0), ancestor->GetSize()), flags);
+  }
+#endif
+
+  aContext->PopState();
+
+#if defined(DEBUG) && defined(SVG_DEBUG_PAINT_TIMING)
+  PRTime end = PR_Now();
+  printf("SVG Paint Timing: %f ms\n", (end-start)/1000.0);
+#endif
 }
 
 // helper
@@ -588,12 +648,6 @@ nsSVGOuterSVGFrame::Paint(const nsDisplayListBuilder* aBuilder,
                           nsRenderingContext* aContext,
                           const nsRect& aDirtyRect, nsPoint aPt)
 {
-  if (GetStateBits() & NS_STATE_SVG_NONDISPLAY_CHILD)
-    return;
-
-  // initialize Mozilla rendering context
-  aContext->PushState();
-
   nsRect viewportRect = GetContentRect();
   nsPoint viewportOffset = aPt + viewportRect.TopLeft() - GetPosition();
   viewportRect.MoveTo(viewportOffset);
@@ -604,10 +658,6 @@ nsSVGOuterSVGFrame::Paint(const nsDisplayListBuilder* aBuilder,
   aContext->Translate(viewportRect.TopLeft());
   nsRect dirtyRect = clipRect - viewportOffset;
 
-#if defined(DEBUG) && defined(SVG_DEBUG_PAINT_TIMING)
-  PRTime start = PR_Now();
-#endif
-
   nsIntRect dirtyPxRect = dirtyRect.ToOutsidePixels(PresContext()->AppUnitsPerDevPixel());
 
   // Create an SVGAutoRenderState so we can call SetPaintingToWindow on
@@ -618,57 +668,7 @@ nsSVGOuterSVGFrame::Paint(const nsDisplayListBuilder* aBuilder,
     state.SetPaintingToWindow(true);
   }
 
-#ifdef XP_MACOSX
-  if (mEnableBitmapFallback) {
-    // nquartz fallback paths, which svg tends to trigger, need
-    // a non-window context target
-    aContext->ThebesContext()->PushGroup(gfxASurface::CONTENT_COLOR_ALPHA);
-  }
-#endif
-
   nsSVGUtils::PaintFrameWithEffects(aContext, &dirtyPxRect, this);
-
-#ifdef XP_MACOSX
-  if (mEnableBitmapFallback) {
-    // show the surface we pushed earlier for fallbacks
-    aContext->ThebesContext()->PopGroupToSource();
-    aContext->ThebesContext()->Paint();
-  }
-  
-  if (aContext->ThebesContext()->HasError() && !mEnableBitmapFallback) {
-    mEnableBitmapFallback = true;
-    // It's not really clear what area to invalidate here. We might have
-    // stuffed up rendering for the entire window in this paint pass,
-    // so we can't just invalidate our own rect. Invalidate everything
-    // in sight.
-    // This won't work for printing, by the way, but failure to print the
-    // odd document is probably no worse than printing horribly for all
-    // documents. Better to fix things so we don't need fallback.
-    nsIFrame* frame = this;
-    PRUint32 flags = 0;
-    while (true) {
-      nsIFrame* next = nsLayoutUtils::GetCrossDocParentFrame(frame);
-      if (!next)
-        break;
-      if (frame->GetParent() != next) {
-        // We're crossing a document boundary. Logically, the invalidation is
-        // being triggered by a subdocument of the root document. This will
-        // prevent an untrusted root document being told about invalidation
-        // that happened because a child was using SVG...
-        flags |= INVALIDATE_CROSS_DOC;
-      }
-      frame = next;
-    }
-    frame->InvalidateWithFlags(nsRect(nsPoint(0, 0), frame->GetSize()), flags);
-  }
-#endif
-
-#if defined(DEBUG) && defined(SVG_DEBUG_PAINT_TIMING)
-  PRTime end = PR_Now();
-  printf("SVG Paint Timing: %f ms\n", (end-start)/1000.0);
-#endif
-  
-  aContext->PopState();
 }
 
 nsSplittableType
diff --git a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.h b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.h
index 69ee54256e1..2283705820e 100644
--- a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.h
+++ b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGOuterSVGFrame.h
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@ public:
   void RegisterForeignObject(nsSVGForeignObjectFrame* aFrame);
   void UnregisterForeignObject(nsSVGForeignObjectFrame* aFrame);
 
+#ifdef XP_MACOSX
+  bool BitmapFallbackEnabled() const {
+    return mEnableBitmapFallback;
+  }
+  void SetBitmapFallbackEnabled(bool aVal) {
+    NS_NOTREACHED("don't think me need this any more"); // comment in bug 732429 if we do
+    mEnableBitmapFallback = aVal;
+  }
+#endif
+
 protected:
 
   /* Returns true if our content is the document element and our document is