--- a/browser/base/content/test/performance/browser_startup.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/test/performance/browser_startup.js
@@ -69,16 +69,19 @@ const startupPhases = {
       "resource:///modules/BrowserUsageTelemetry.jsm",
       "resource:///modules/ContentCrashHandlers.jsm",
       "resource:///modules/ShellService.jsm",
       "resource://gre/modules/NewTabUtils.jsm",
       "resource://gre/modules/PageThumbs.jsm",
       "resource://gre/modules/PlacesUtils.jsm",
       "resource://gre/modules/Promise.jsm", // imported by devtools during _delayedStartup
       "resource://gre/modules/Preferences.jsm",
+      // Bug 1448944 - This should be in a stricter bucket, but we
+      // load it to check content prefs on the initial about:blank
+      "resource://gre/modules/Sqlite.jsm",
     ]),
     services: new Set([
       "@mozilla.org/browser/search-service;1",
     ])
   }},
 
   // We are at this phase once we are ready to handle user events.
   // Anything loaded at this phase or before gets in the way of the user
@@ -95,17 +98,16 @@ const startupPhases = {
       "resource://gre/modules/BookmarkHTMLUtils.jsm",
       "resource://gre/modules/Bookmarks.jsm",
       "resource://gre/modules/ContextualIdentityService.jsm",
       "resource://gre/modules/CrashSubmit.jsm",
       "resource://gre/modules/FxAccounts.jsm",
       "resource://gre/modules/FxAccountsStorage.jsm",
       "resource://gre/modules/PlacesBackups.jsm",
       "resource://gre/modules/PlacesSyncUtils.jsm",
-      "resource://gre/modules/Sqlite.jsm",
     ]),
     services: new Set([
       "@mozilla.org/browser/annotation-service;1",
       "@mozilla.org/browser/nav-bookmarks-service;1",
     ])
   }},
 
   // Things that are expected to be completely out of the startup path