--- a/mobile/android/tests/browser/robocop/src/org/mozilla/gecko/tests/testSessionFilePreservation.java
+++ b/mobile/android/tests/browser/robocop/src/org/mozilla/gecko/tests/testSessionFilePreservation.java
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 package org.mozilla.gecko.tests;
 
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import org.mozilla.gecko.Tab;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.Tabs;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.tests.helpers.GeckoHelper;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.tests.helpers.NavigationHelper;
 
 /**
  * Tests session OOM save behavior.
  *
  * Builds a session on disk, restores it and tests that
  * it is then written back to disk correctly.
  */
 public class testSessionFilePreservation extends SessionTest {
@@ -40,18 +41,17 @@ public class testSessionFilePreservation
         // not accidentally reloading them.
 
         // To make sure we're not simply verifying the very same file we've generated
         // and written ourselves further up, we delete it...
         deleteProfileFile("sessionstore.js");
 
         // ... and then trigger some session store activity to make sure
         // that a fresh session file is written.
-        Tab tab = Tabs.getInstance().addTab();
-        Tabs.getInstance().closeTab(tab);
+        NavigationHelper.reload();
 
         // Verify sessionstore.js written by Gecko. The session write is delayed
         // to batch successive changes, so the file is repeatedly read until it
         // matches the expected output. Because of the delay, this part of the
         // test takes ~9 seconds to pass.
         VerifyJSONCondition verifyJSONCondition = new VerifyJSONCondition(mSession);
         boolean success = mSolo.waitForCondition(verifyJSONCondition, SESSION_TIMEOUT);
         if (success) {