diff --git a/browser/components/places/content/placesPopup.js b/browser/components/places/content/placesPopup.js
index 40c59982c5de..bd52370fcc34 100755
--- a/browser/components/places/content/placesPopup.js
+++ b/browser/components/places/content/placesPopup.js
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ var PlacesPopup = {
    */
   onLinkDoubleClicked: function PP_onLinkDoubleClicked(event) {
     // Load the link and hide the places window.
-    PlacesController.mouseLoadURI(event);
+    this._tree.controller.openSelectedNodeInBrowser(event);
     window.opener.PlacesCommandHook.hidePlacesPopup();
   }
 };
diff --git a/browser/components/places/content/placesPopup.xul b/browser/components/places/content/placesPopup.xul
index 6cd7b03c6d8f..9f44614bc1e2 100644
--- a/browser/components/places/content/placesPopup.xul
+++ b/browser/components/places/content/placesPopup.xul
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
                   src="chrome://browser/locale/places/placesPopup.properties"/>
   </stringbundleset>
 
+  <script type="application/x-javascript"
+          src="chrome://browser/content/places/utils.js"/>
   <script type="application/x-javascript"
           src="chrome://browser/content/places/controller.js"/>
   <script type="application/x-javascript"