diff --git a/widget/src/motif/nsCheckButton.cpp b/widget/src/motif/nsCheckButton.cpp
index f708c05d7b7c..7d345985ef01 100644
--- a/widget/src/motif/nsCheckButton.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/motif/nsCheckButton.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ void nsCheckButton::Create(nsIWidget *aParent,
     parentWidget = (Widget) aInitData ;
   }
 
+  InitToolkit(aToolkit, aParent);
+  InitDeviceContext(aContext, parentWidget);
+
   if (DBG) fprintf(stderr, "Parent 0x%x\n", parentWidget);
 
 
diff --git a/widget/src/motif/nsComboBox.cpp b/widget/src/motif/nsComboBox.cpp
index ba6f6bf577f6..fa40160bd85f 100644
--- a/widget/src/motif/nsComboBox.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/motif/nsComboBox.cpp
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ void nsComboBox::Create(nsIWidget *aParent,
     parentWidget = (Widget) aInitData ;
   }
 
+  InitToolkit(aToolkit, aParent);
+  InitDeviceContext(aContext, parentWidget);
+
   if (DBG) fprintf(stderr, "Parent 0x%x\n", parentWidget);
 
   /*mWidget = ::XtVaCreateManagedWidget("",
diff --git a/widget/src/motif/nsFileWidget.cpp b/widget/src/motif/nsFileWidget.cpp
index 6f161cd7ecd8..0a120d69e8ea 100644
--- a/widget/src/motif/nsFileWidget.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/motif/nsFileWidget.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ void   nsFileWidget:: Create(nsIWidget  *aParent,
     parentWidget = (Widget) aInitData ;
   }
 
+  InitToolkit(aToolkit, aParent);
+  InitDeviceContext(aContext, parentWidget);
+
   if (DBG) fprintf(stderr, "Parent 0x%x\n", parentWidget);
 
   mWidget = XmCreateFileSelectionDialog(parentWidget, "filesb", NULL, 0);
diff --git a/widget/src/motif/nsListBox.cpp b/widget/src/motif/nsListBox.cpp
index 759ca8f48b09..a41e31df8d4e 100644
--- a/widget/src/motif/nsListBox.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/motif/nsListBox.cpp
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ void nsListBox::Create(nsIWidget *aParent,
     parentWidget = (Widget) aInitData ;
   }
 
+  InitToolkit(aToolkit, aParent);
+  InitDeviceContext(aContext, parentWidget);
+
   if (DBG) fprintf(stderr, "Parent 0x%x\n", parentWidget);
 
   unsigned char selectionPolicy;
diff --git a/widget/src/motif/nsRadioButton.cpp b/widget/src/motif/nsRadioButton.cpp
index 4742d37c665d..a35744d8f3d7 100644
--- a/widget/src/motif/nsRadioButton.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/motif/nsRadioButton.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ void nsRadioButton::Create(nsIWidget *aParent,
     parentWidget = (Widget) aInitData ;
   }
 
+  InitToolkit(aToolkit, aParent);
+  InitDeviceContext(aContext, parentWidget);
+
   if (DBG) fprintf(stderr, "Parent 0x%x\n", parentWidget);
 
   mWidget = ::XmCreateRadioBox(parentWidget, "radio", nsnull, 0);
diff --git a/widget/src/motif/nsTextAreaWidget.cpp b/widget/src/motif/nsTextAreaWidget.cpp
index 77bb8839bbb4..49781b2b2331 100644
--- a/widget/src/motif/nsTextAreaWidget.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/motif/nsTextAreaWidget.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ void nsTextAreaWidget::Create(nsIWidget *aParent,
     parentWidget = (Widget) aInitData ;
   }
 
+  InitToolkit(aToolkit, aParent);
+  InitDeviceContext(aContext, parentWidget);
+
   if (DBG) fprintf(stderr, "Parent 0x%x\n", parentWidget);
 
   mWidget = ::XtVaCreateManagedWidget("button",