--- a/gfx/thebes/gfxPlatform.cpp
+++ b/gfx/thebes/gfxPlatform.cpp
@@ -705,19 +705,17 @@ gfxPlatform::Init()
 #elif defined(MOZ_WIDGET_GTK)
     gPlatform = new gfxPlatformGtk;
 #elif defined(ANDROID)
     gPlatform = new gfxAndroidPlatform;
 #else
     #error "No gfxPlatform implementation available"
 #endif
     gPlatform->InitAcceleration();
-    if (XRE_IsParentProcess()) {
-      gPlatform->InitWebRenderConfig();
-    }
+    gPlatform->InitWebRenderConfig();
 
     if (gfxConfig::IsEnabled(Feature::GPU_PROCESS)) {
       GPUProcessManager* gpu = GPUProcessManager::Get();
       gpu->LaunchGPUProcess();
     }
 
 #ifdef USE_SKIA
     SkGraphics::Init();
@@ -2332,30 +2330,40 @@ gfxPlatform::InitCompositorAccelerationP
     feature.ForceDisable(FeatureStatus::Blocked, "Acceleration blocked by safe-mode",
                          NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("FEATURE_FAILURE_COMP_SAFEMODE"));
   }
 }
 
 void
 gfxPlatform::InitWebRenderConfig()
 {
+  bool prefEnabled = Preferences::GetBool("gfx.webrender.enabled", false);
+
+  ScopedGfxFeatureReporter reporter("WR", prefEnabled);
+  if (!XRE_IsParentProcess()) {
+    // The parent process runs through all the real decision-making code
+    // later in this function. For other processes we still want to report
+    // the state of the feature for crash reports.
+    if (gfxVars::UseWebRender()) {
+      reporter.SetSuccessful();
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
   FeatureState& featureWebRender = gfxConfig::GetFeature(Feature::WEBRENDER);
 
   featureWebRender.DisableByDefault(
       FeatureStatus::OptIn,
       "WebRender is an opt-in feature",
       NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("FEATURE_FAILURE_DEFAULT_OFF"));
 
-  bool prefEnabled = Preferences::GetBool("gfx.webrender.enabled", false);
   if (prefEnabled) {
     featureWebRender.UserEnable("Enabled by pref");
   }
 
-  ScopedGfxFeatureReporter reporter("WR", prefEnabled);
-
   // WebRender relies on the GPU process when on Windows
 #ifdef XP_WIN
   if (!gfxConfig::IsEnabled(Feature::GPU_PROCESS)) {
     featureWebRender.ForceDisable(
       FeatureStatus::Unavailable,
       "GPU Process is disabled",
       NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("FEATURE_FAILURE_GPU_PROCESS_DISABLED"));
   }