diff --git a/browser/base/content/test/tabview/browser_tabview_privatebrowsing.js b/browser/base/content/test/tabview/browser_tabview_privatebrowsing.js
index aae8979f1497..4160fd1c5907 100644
--- a/browser/base/content/test/tabview/browser_tabview_privatebrowsing.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/test/tabview/browser_tabview_privatebrowsing.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function onTabViewLoadedAndShown() {
   ok(TabView.isVisible(), "Tab View is visible");
 
   // Establish initial state
-  contentWindow = document.getElementById("tab-view").contentWindow;
+  contentWindow = TabView.getContentWindow();
   verifyCleanState("start");
 
   // register a clean up for private browsing just in case
@@ -50,40 +50,37 @@ function onTabViewLoadedAndShown() {
   }
 
   // Create a second tab
-  gBrowser.loadOneTab("about:robots", { inBackground: false });
+  gBrowser.addTab("about:robots");
   is(gBrowser.tabs.length, 2, "we now have 2 tabs");
   registerCleanupFunction(function() {
     gBrowser.removeTab(gBrowser.tabs[1]);
   });
 
   afterAllTabsLoaded(function() {
-    showTabView(function() {
-      // Get normal tab urls
-      for (let a = 0; a < gBrowser.tabs.length; a++)
-        normalURLs.push(gBrowser.tabs[a].linkedBrowser.currentURI.spec);
+    // Get normal tab urls
+    for (let a = 0; a < gBrowser.tabs.length; a++)
+      normalURLs.push(gBrowser.tabs[a].linkedBrowser.currentURI.spec);
 
-      // verify that we're all set up for our test
-      verifyNormal();
+    // verify that we're all set up for our test
+    verifyNormal();
 
-      // go into private browsing and make sure Tab View becomes hidden
-      togglePBAndThen(function() {
-        whenTabViewIsHidden(function() {
-          ok(!TabView.isVisible(), "Tab View is no longer visible");
+    // go into private browsing and make sure Tab View becomes hidden
+    togglePBAndThen(function() {
+      whenTabViewIsHidden(function() {
+        ok(!TabView.isVisible(), "Tab View is no longer visible");
+        verifyPB();
 
-          verifyPB();
+        // exit private browsing and make sure Tab View is shown again
+        togglePBAndThen(function() {
+          whenTabViewIsShown(function() {
+            ok(TabView.isVisible(), "Tab View is visible again");
+            verifyNormal();
 
-          // exit private browsing and make sure Tab View is shown again
-          togglePBAndThen(function() {
-            whenTabViewIsShown(function() {
-              ok(TabView.isVisible(), "Tab View is visible again");
-              verifyNormal();
-
-              hideTabView(onTabViewHidden);
-            });
+            hideTabView(onTabViewHidden);
           });
         });
       });
-    }); 
+    });
   });
 }