diff --git a/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.cpp b/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.cpp
index b1f5c8a5310e..2118d7fec5de 100644
--- a/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.cpp
+++ b/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.cpp
@@ -486,6 +486,84 @@ public:
   }
 };
 
+float
+nsSVGUtils::ComputeOpacity(nsIFrame* aFrame, bool aHandleOpacity)
+{
+  float opacity = aFrame->StyleEffects()->mOpacity;
+
+  if (opacity != 1.0f &&
+      (nsSVGUtils::CanOptimizeOpacity(aFrame) || !aHandleOpacity)) {
+    return 1.0f;
+  }
+
+  return opacity;
+}
+
+void
+nsSVGUtils::DetermineMaskUsage(nsIFrame* aFrame, bool aHandleOpacity,
+                               MaskUsage& aUsage)
+{
+  aUsage.opacity = ComputeOpacity(aFrame, aHandleOpacity);
+
+  nsIFrame* firstFrame =
+    nsLayoutUtils::FirstContinuationOrIBSplitSibling(aFrame);
+
+  nsSVGEffects::EffectProperties effectProperties =
+    nsSVGEffects::GetEffectProperties(firstFrame);
+  const nsStyleSVGReset *svgReset = firstFrame->StyleSVGReset();
+
+  nsTArray<nsSVGMaskFrame*> maskFrames = effectProperties.GetMaskFrames();
+
+#ifdef MOZ_ENABLE_MASK_AS_SHORTHAND
+  // For a HTML doc:
+  //   According to css-masking spec, always create a mask surface when we
+  //   have any item in maskFrame even if all of those items are
+  //   non-resolvable <mask-sources> or <images>, we still need to create a
+  //   transparent black mask layer under this condition.
+  // For a SVG doc:
+  //   SVG 1.1 say that  if we fail to resolve a mask, we should draw the
+  //   object unmasked.
+  aUsage.shouldGenerateMaskLayer =
+    (aFrame->GetStateBits() & NS_FRAME_SVG_LAYOUT)
+      ? maskFrames.Length() == 1 && maskFrames[0]
+      : maskFrames.Length() > 0;
+#else
+  // Since we do not support image mask so far, we should treat any
+  // unresolvable mask as no mask. Otherwise, any object with a valid image
+  // mask, e.g. url("xxx.png"), will become invisible just because we can not
+  // handle image mask correctly. (See bug 1294171)
+  aUsage.shouldGenerateMaskLayer = maskFrames.Length() == 1 && maskFrames[0];
+#endif
+
+  bool isOK = effectProperties.HasNoFilterOrHasValidFilter();
+  nsSVGClipPathFrame *clipPathFrame = effectProperties.GetClipPathFrame(&isOK);
+  MOZ_ASSERT_IF(clipPathFrame,
+                svgReset->mClipPath.GetType() == StyleShapeSourceType::URL);
+
+  switch (svgReset->mClipPath.GetType()) {
+    case StyleShapeSourceType::URL:
+      if (clipPathFrame) {
+        if (clipPathFrame->IsTrivial()) {
+          aUsage.shouldApplyClipPath = true;
+        } else {
+          aUsage.shouldGenerateClipMaskLayer = true;
+        }
+      }
+      break;
+    case StyleShapeSourceType::Shape:
+    case StyleShapeSourceType::Box:
+      aUsage.shouldApplyBasicShape = true;
+      break;
+    case StyleShapeSourceType::None:
+      MOZ_ASSERT(!aUsage.shouldGenerateClipMaskLayer &&
+                 !aUsage.shouldApplyClipPath && !aUsage.shouldApplyBasicShape);
+      break;
+    default:
+      MOZ_ASSERT_UNREACHABLE("Unsupported clip-path type.");
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
 DrawResult
 nsSVGUtils::PaintFrameWithEffects(nsIFrame *aFrame,
                                   gfxContext& aContext,
@@ -566,7 +644,7 @@ nsSVGUtils::PaintFrameWithEffects(nsIFrame *aFrame,
    *
    * + Use cairo's clipPath when representable natively (single object
    *   clip region).
-   *
+   *f
    * + Merge opacity and masking if both used together.
    */
 
diff --git a/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.h b/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.h
index 9a8c35e192a9..edfc43bee7dc 100644
--- a/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.h
+++ b/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.h
@@ -576,6 +576,25 @@ public:
   ToCanvasBounds(const gfxRect &aUserspaceRect,
                  const gfxMatrix &aToCanvas,
                  const nsPresContext *presContext);
+
+  struct MaskUsage {
+    bool shouldGenerateMaskLayer;
+    bool shouldGenerateClipMaskLayer;
+    bool shouldApplyClipPath;
+    bool shouldApplyBasicShape;
+    float opacity;
+
+    MaskUsage()
+      : shouldGenerateMaskLayer(false), shouldGenerateClipMaskLayer(false),
+        shouldApplyClipPath(false), shouldApplyBasicShape(false), opacity(0.0)
+    { }
+  };
+
+  static void
+  DetermineMaskUsage(nsIFrame* aFrame, bool aHandleOpacity, MaskUsage& aUsage);
+
+  static float
+  ComputeOpacity(nsIFrame* aFrame, bool aHandleOpacity);
 };
 
 #endif