--- a/gfx/layers/apz/util/APZCCallbackHelper.cpp
+++ b/gfx/layers/apz/util/APZCCallbackHelper.cpp
@@ -549,39 +549,44 @@ GetRootDocumentElementFor(nsIWidget* aWi
     if (nsIPresShell* shell = view->GetPresShell()) {
       MOZ_ASSERT(shell->GetDocument());
       return shell->GetDocument()->GetDocumentElement();
     }
   }
   return nullptr;
 }
 
+static nsIFrame*
+UpdateRootFrameForTouchTargetDocument(nsIFrame* aRootFrame)
+{
+#if defined(MOZ_ANDROID_APZ)
+  // Re-target so that the hit test is performed relative to the frame for the
+  // Root Content Document instead of the Root Document which are different in
+  // Android. See bug 1229752 comment 16 for an explanation of why this is necessary.
+  if (nsIDocument* doc = aRootFrame->PresContext()->PresShell()->GetTouchEventTargetDocument()) {
+    if (nsIPresShell* shell = doc->GetShell()) {
+      if (nsIFrame* frame = shell->GetRootFrame()) {
+        return frame;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+  return aRootFrame;
+}
+
 // Determine the scrollable target frame for the given point and add it to
 // the target list. If the frame doesn't have a displayport, set one.
 // Return whether or not a displayport was set.
 static bool
 PrepareForSetTargetAPZCNotification(nsIWidget* aWidget,
                                     const ScrollableLayerGuid& aGuid,
                                     nsIFrame* aRootFrame,
                                     const LayoutDeviceIntPoint& aRefPoint,
                                     nsTArray<ScrollableLayerGuid>* aTargets)
 {
-#if defined(MOZ_ANDROID_APZ)
-  // Re-target so that the hit test is performed relative to the frame for the
-  // Root Content Document instead of the Root Document which are different in
-  // Android. See bug 1229752 comment 16 for an explanation of why this is necessary.
-  if (nsIDocument* doc = aRootFrame->PresContext()->PresShell()->GetTouchEventTargetDocument()) {
-    if (nsIPresShell* shell = doc->GetShell()) {
-      if(nsIFrame* frame = shell->GetRootFrame()) {
-        aRootFrame = frame;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-#endif
-
   ScrollableLayerGuid guid(aGuid.mLayersId, 0, FrameMetrics::NULL_SCROLL_ID);
   nsPoint point =
     nsLayoutUtils::GetEventCoordinatesRelativeTo(aWidget, aRefPoint, aRootFrame);
   nsIFrame* target =
     nsLayoutUtils::GetFrameForPoint(aRootFrame, point, nsLayoutUtils::IGNORE_ROOT_SCROLL_FRAME);
   nsIScrollableFrame* scrollAncestor = target
     ? nsLayoutUtils::GetAsyncScrollableAncestorFrame(target)
     : aRootFrame->PresContext()->PresShell()->GetRootScrollFrameAsScrollable();
@@ -734,16 +739,18 @@ APZCCallbackHelper::SendSetTargetAPZCNot
     // race the original confirmation (which needs to go through a layers
     // transaction).
     APZCCH_LOG("Not resending target APZC confirmation for input block %" PRIu64 "\n", aInputBlockId);
     return;
   }
   sLastTargetAPZCNotificationInputBlock = aInputBlockId;
   if (nsIPresShell* shell = aDocument->GetShell()) {
     if (nsIFrame* rootFrame = shell->GetRootFrame()) {
+      rootFrame = UpdateRootFrameForTouchTargetDocument(rootFrame);
+
       bool waitForRefresh = false;
       nsTArray<ScrollableLayerGuid> targets;
 
       if (const WidgetTouchEvent* touchEvent = aEvent.AsTouchEvent()) {
         for (size_t i = 0; i < touchEvent->mTouches.Length(); i++) {
           waitForRefresh |= PrepareForSetTargetAPZCNotification(aWidget, aGuid,
               rootFrame, touchEvent->mTouches[i]->mRefPoint, &targets);
         }