--- a/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
+++ b/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
@@ -4495,19 +4495,16 @@ Tab.prototype = {
       }
     }
 
     // Update the page actions URI for helper apps.
     if (BrowserApp.selectedTab == this) {
       ExternalApps.updatePageActionUri(fixedURI);
     }
 
-    // Strip reader mode URI and also make it exposable if needed
-    fixedURI = this._stripAboutReaderURL(fixedURI);
-
     let message = {
       type: "Content:LocationChange",
       tabID: this.id,
       uri: truncate(fixedURI.spec, MAX_URI_LENGTH),
       userRequested: this.userRequested || "",
       baseDomain: baseDomain,
       contentType: (contentType ? contentType : ""),
       sameDocument: sameDocument,
@@ -4524,20 +4521,16 @@ Tab.prototype = {
       // XXX This code assumes that this is the earliest hook we have at which
       // browser.contentDocument is changed to the new document we're loading
       this.contentDocumentIsDisplayed = false;
       this.hasTouchListener = false;
       Services.obs.notifyObservers(this.browser, "Session:NotifyLocationChange");
     }
   },
 
-  _stripAboutReaderURL: function (originalURI) {
-    return ReaderMode.getOriginalUrlObjectForDisplay(originalURI.spec) || originalURI;
-  },
-
   // Properties used to cache security state used to update the UI
   _state: null,
   _hostChanged: false, // onLocationChange will flip this bit
 
   onSecurityChange: function(aWebProgress, aRequest, aState) {
     // Don't need to do anything if the data we use to update the UI hasn't changed
     if (this._state == aState && !this._hostChanged)
       return;

--- a/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/gecko/mozglue/SafeIntent.java
+++ b/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/gecko/mozglue/SafeIntent.java
@@ -7,29 +7,32 @@
 // This should be in util/, but is here because of build dependency issues.
 package org.mozilla.gecko.mozglue;
 
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.util.Log;
 
+import org.mozilla.gecko.util.StringUtils;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 /**
  * External applications can pass values into Intents that can cause us to crash: in defense,
  * we wrap {@link Intent} and catch the exceptions they may force us to throw. See bug 1090385
  * for more.
  */
 public class SafeIntent {
     private static final String LOGTAG = "Gecko" + SafeIntent.class.getSimpleName();
 
     private final Intent intent;
 
     public SafeIntent(final Intent intent) {
+        stripDataUri(intent);
         this.intent = intent;
     }
 
     public boolean hasExtra(String name) {
         try {
             return intent.hasExtra(name);
         } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
             Log.w(LOGTAG, "Couldn't determine if intent had an extra: OOM. Malformed?");
@@ -126,9 +129,23 @@ public class SafeIntent {
             Log.w(LOGTAG, "Couldn't get intent data.", e);
             return null;
         }
     }
 
     public Intent getUnsafe() {
         return intent;
     }
+
+    private static void stripDataUri(final Intent intent) {
+        // We should limit intent filters and check incoming intents against white-list
+        // But for now we just strip 'about:reader?url='
+        if (intent != null && intent.getData() != null) {
+            final String url = intent.getData().toString();
+            if (url != null && url.toLowerCase().startsWith("about:reader")) {
+                final String strippedUrl = StringUtils.getQueryParameter(url, "url");
+                if (strippedUrl != null) {
+                    intent.setData(Uri.parse(strippedUrl));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }