--- a/gfx/layers/wr/WebRenderBridgeParent.cpp
+++ b/gfx/layers/wr/WebRenderBridgeParent.cpp
@@ -1048,17 +1048,26 @@ WebRenderBridgeParent::ActorDestroy(Acto
 
 void
 WebRenderBridgeParent::AdvanceAnimations()
 {
   TimeStamp animTime = mCompositorScheduler->GetLastComposeTime();
   if (CompositorBridgeParent* cbp = GetRootCompositorBridgeParent()) {
     animTime = cbp->GetTestingTimeStamp().valueOr(animTime);
   }
-  AnimationHelper::SampleAnimations(mAnimStorage, animTime);
+
+  AnimationHelper::SampleAnimations(mAnimStorage,
+                                    !mPreviousFrameTimeStamp.IsNull() ?
+                                    mPreviousFrameTimeStamp : animTime);
+
+  // Reset the previous time stamp if we don't already have any running
+  // animations to avoid using the time which is far behind for newly
+  // started animations.
+  mPreviousFrameTimeStamp =
+    mAnimStorage->AnimatedValueCount() ? animTime : TimeStamp();
 }
 
 void
 WebRenderBridgeParent::SampleAnimations(nsTArray<WrOpacityProperty>& aOpacityArray,
                                         nsTArray<WrTransformProperty>& aTransformArray)
 {
   AdvanceAnimations();
 

--- a/gfx/layers/wr/WebRenderBridgeParent.h
+++ b/gfx/layers/wr/WebRenderBridgeParent.h
@@ -276,16 +276,17 @@ private:
   std::unordered_set<uint64_t> mFontKeys;
   // mActiveAnimations is used to avoid leaking animations when WebRenderBridgeParent is
   // destroyed abnormally and Tab move between different windows.
   std::unordered_set<uint64_t> mActiveAnimations;
   nsDataHashtable<nsUint64HashKey, RefPtr<WebRenderImageHost>> mAsyncCompositables;
   nsDataHashtable<nsUint64HashKey, RefPtr<WebRenderImageHost>> mExternalImageIds;
   nsTArray<ImageCompositeNotificationInfo> mImageCompositeNotifications;
 
+  TimeStamp mPreviousFrameTimeStamp;
   // These fields keep track of the latest layer observer epoch values in the child and the
   // parent. mChildLayerObserverEpoch is the latest epoch value received from the child.
   // mParentLayerObserverEpoch is the latest epoch value that we have told TabParent about
   // (via ObserveLayerUpdate).
   uint64_t mChildLayerObserverEpoch;
   uint64_t mParentLayerObserverEpoch;
 
   std::queue<PendingTransactionId> mPendingTransactionIds;