--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/home/TwoLinePageRow.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/home/TwoLinePageRow.java
@@ -269,17 +269,19 @@ public class TwoLinePageRow extends Line
         if (mOngoingIconLoad != null) {
             mOngoingIconLoad.cancel(true);
         }
 
         // Displayed RecentTabsPanel URLs may refer to pages opened in reader mode, so we
         // remove the about:reader prefix to ensure the Favicon loads properly.
         final String pageURL = ReaderModeUtils.stripAboutReaderUrl(url);
 
-        if (bookmarkId < BrowserContract.Bookmarks.FAKE_PARTNER_BOOKMARKS_START) {
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(pageURL)) {
+            // If url is empty, display the item as-is but do not load an icon if we do not have a page URL (bug 1310622)
+        } else if (bookmarkId < BrowserContract.Bookmarks.FAKE_PARTNER_BOOKMARKS_START) {
             mOngoingIconLoad = Icons.with(getContext())
                     .pageUrl(pageURL)
                     .skipNetwork()
                     .privileged(true)
                     .icon(IconDescriptor.createGenericIcon(
                             PartnerBookmarksProviderProxy.getUriForIcon(getContext(), bookmarkId).toString()))
                     .build()
                     .execute(mFavicon.createIconCallback());