--- a/gfx/layers/apz/src/AsyncPanZoomController.cpp
+++ b/gfx/layers/apz/src/AsyncPanZoomController.cpp
@@ -3144,17 +3144,17 @@ AsyncPanZoomController::ReportCheckerboa
     }
     mCheckerboardEvent = nullptr;
   }
 }
 
 bool AsyncPanZoomController::IsCurrentlyCheckerboarding() const {
   ReentrantMonitorAutoEnter lock(mMonitor);
 
-  if (!gfxPrefs::APZAllowCheckerboarding()) {
+  if (!gfxPrefs::APZAllowCheckerboarding() || mScrollMetadata.IsApzForceDisabled()) {
     return false;
   }
 
   CSSPoint currentScrollOffset = mFrameMetrics.GetScrollOffset() + mTestAsyncScrollOffset;
   CSSRect painted = mLastContentPaintMetrics.GetDisplayPort() + mLastContentPaintMetrics.GetScrollOffset();
   painted.Inflate(CSSMargin::FromAppUnits(nsMargin(1, 1, 1, 1)));   // fuzz for rounding error
   CSSRect visible = CSSRect(currentScrollOffset, mFrameMetrics.CalculateCompositedSizeInCssPixels());
   if (painted.Contains(visible)) {