diff --git a/toolkit/components/downloads/src/nsDownloadManager.cpp b/toolkit/components/downloads/src/nsDownloadManager.cpp
index 43b73751bf76..ffca564ec3bb 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/downloads/src/nsDownloadManager.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/components/downloads/src/nsDownloadManager.cpp
@@ -1093,6 +1093,8 @@ nsDownloadManager::Open(nsIDOMWindow* aParent, const PRUnichar* aPath)
   if (pref)
     pref->GetIntPref(PREF_BDM_OPENDELAY, &delay);
 
+  params->AppendElement((void*)&delay);
+
   // 3). Look for an existing Download Manager window, if we find one we just 
   //     tell it that a new download has begun (we don't focus, that's 
   //     annoying), otherwise we need to open the window. We do this on a timer 
@@ -1110,13 +1112,14 @@ nsDownloadManager::OpenTimerCallback(nsITimer* aTimer, void* aClosure)
   nsVoidArray* params = (nsVoidArray*)aClosure;
   nsIDOMWindow* parent = (nsIDOMWindow*)params->ElementAt(0);
   nsDownload* download = (nsDownload*)params->ElementAt(1);
+  PRInt32 openDelay = *(PRInt32*)params->ElementAt(2);
   
   PRInt32 complete;
   download->GetPercentComplete(&complete);
   
   // We only show the download window if the download is taking more than a non-tiny
   // amount of time to complete. 
-  if (complete < 100) {
+  if (!openDelay || complete < 100) {
     PRBool focusDM = PR_FALSE;
     PRBool showDM = PR_TRUE;
     PRInt32 flashCount = -1;