diff --git a/modules/libpr0n/src/Image.cpp b/modules/libpr0n/src/Image.cpp
index 886097d3e2b9..75d0c4cba01f 100644
--- a/modules/libpr0n/src/Image.cpp
+++ b/modules/libpr0n/src/Image.cpp
@@ -41,10 +41,15 @@ namespace mozilla {
 namespace imagelib {
 
 // Constructor
-Image::Image() :
-  mStatusTracker(this),
+Image::Image(imgStatusTracker* aStatusTracker) :
   mInitialized(PR_FALSE)
 {
+  if (aStatusTracker) {
+    mStatusTracker = aStatusTracker;
+    mStatusTracker->SetImage(this);
+  } else {
+    mStatusTracker = new imgStatusTracker(this);
+  }
 }
 
 // Translates a mimetype into a concrete decoder
diff --git a/modules/libpr0n/src/Image.h b/modules/libpr0n/src/Image.h
index 3c7709c9a14a..1e807364f637 100644
--- a/modules/libpr0n/src/Image.h
+++ b/modules/libpr0n/src/Image.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace imagelib {
 class Image : public imgIContainer
 {
 public:
-  imgStatusTracker& GetStatusTracker() { return mStatusTracker; }
+  imgStatusTracker& GetStatusTracker() { return *mStatusTracker; }
   PRBool IsInitialized() const { return mInitialized; }
 
   /**
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ public:
   static eDecoderType GetDecoderType(const char *aMimeType);
 
 protected:
-  Image();
+  Image(imgStatusTracker* aStatusTracker);
 
   // Member data shared by all implementations of this abstract class
-  imgStatusTracker   mStatusTracker;
-  PRPackedBool       mInitialized;   // Have we been initalized?
+  nsAutoPtr<imgStatusTracker> mStatusTracker;
+  PRPackedBool                mInitialized;   // Have we been initalized?
 };
 
 } // namespace imagelib
diff --git a/modules/libpr0n/src/RasterImage.cpp b/modules/libpr0n/src/RasterImage.cpp
index 83954eb55cd9..4ff3397e4b51 100644
--- a/modules/libpr0n/src/RasterImage.cpp
+++ b/modules/libpr0n/src/RasterImage.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS4(RasterImage, imgIContainer, nsITimerCallback, nsIProperties,
                    nsISupportsWeakReference)
 
 //******************************************************************************
-RasterImage::RasterImage() :
+RasterImage::RasterImage(imgStatusTracker* aStatusTracker) :
+  Image(aStatusTracker), // invoke superclass's constructor
   mSize(0,0),
   mAnim(nsnull),
   mAnimationMode(kNormalAnimMode),
@@ -342,8 +343,8 @@ RasterImage::ExtractFrame(PRUint32 aWhichFrame,
 
   img->mFrames.AppendElement(subframe.forget());
 
-  img->mStatusTracker.RecordLoaded();
-  img->mStatusTracker.RecordDecoded();
+  img->mStatusTracker->RecordLoaded();
+  img->mStatusTracker->RecordDecoded();
 
   *_retval = img.forget().get();
 
diff --git a/modules/libpr0n/src/RasterImage.h b/modules/libpr0n/src/RasterImage.h
index 5b4664bbb5cf..69fcf55afb1d 100644
--- a/modules/libpr0n/src/RasterImage.h
+++ b/modules/libpr0n/src/RasterImage.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public:
   NS_DECL_NSITIMERCALLBACK
   NS_DECL_NSIPROPERTIES
 
-  RasterImage();
+  RasterImage(imgStatusTracker* aStatusTracker = nsnull);
   virtual ~RasterImage();
 
   // C++-only version of imgIContainer::GetType, for convenience
diff --git a/modules/libpr0n/src/imgRequest.cpp b/modules/libpr0n/src/imgRequest.cpp
index 731b00277187..37347cb5a0b8 100644
--- a/modules/libpr0n/src/imgRequest.cpp
+++ b/modules/libpr0n/src/imgRequest.cpp
@@ -204,10 +204,11 @@ nsresult imgRequest::Init(nsIURI *aURI,
 
   mProperties = do_CreateInstance("@mozilla.org/properties;1");
 
+  mStatusTracker = new imgStatusTracker(nsnull);
+
   // XXXdholbert For SVG support, this mImage-construction will need to happen
   // later -- *after* we know image mimetype.
-  nsCOMPtr<imgIContainer> comImg = do_CreateInstance("@mozilla.org/image/rasterimage;1");
-  mImage = static_cast<Image*>(comImg.get());
+  mImage = new RasterImage(mStatusTracker.forget());
 
   mURI = aURI;
   mKeyURI = aKeyURI;
diff --git a/modules/libpr0n/src/imgRequest.h b/modules/libpr0n/src/imgRequest.h
index bf89781370fb..a07ef8dcdc08 100644
--- a/modules/libpr0n/src/imgRequest.h
+++ b/modules/libpr0n/src/imgRequest.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include "nsWeakReference.h"
 #include "ImageErrors.h"
 #include "imgIRequest.h"
+#include "imgStatusTracker.h"
 #include "nsIAsyncVerifyRedirectCallback.h"
 
 class imgCacheValidator;
@@ -195,6 +196,8 @@ private:
   // The URI we are keyed on in the cache.
   nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> mKeyURI;
   nsCOMPtr<nsIPrincipal> mPrincipal;
+  // Status-tracker -- transferred to mImage, when it gets instantiated
+  nsAutoPtr<imgStatusTracker> mStatusTracker;
   nsRefPtr<mozilla::imagelib::Image> mImage;
   nsCOMPtr<nsIProperties> mProperties;
   nsCOMPtr<nsISupports> mSecurityInfo;
diff --git a/modules/libpr0n/src/imgStatusTracker.cpp b/modules/libpr0n/src/imgStatusTracker.cpp
index 4bbfbd26e588..3e9d110cd02e 100644
--- a/modules/libpr0n/src/imgStatusTracker.cpp
+++ b/modules/libpr0n/src/imgStatusTracker.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ imgStatusTracker::imgStatusTracker(const imgStatusTracker& aOther)
     // called.
 {}
 
+void
+imgStatusTracker::SetImage(Image* aImage)
+{
+  NS_ABORT_IF_FALSE(aImage, "Setting null image");
+  NS_ABORT_IF_FALSE(!mImage, "Setting image when we already have one");
+  mImage = aImage;
+}
+
 PRBool
 imgStatusTracker::IsLoading() const
 {
diff --git a/modules/libpr0n/src/imgStatusTracker.h b/modules/libpr0n/src/imgStatusTracker.h
index b7d50631acdd..fb631041259d 100644
--- a/modules/libpr0n/src/imgStatusTracker.h
+++ b/modules/libpr0n/src/imgStatusTracker.h
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ public:
   imgStatusTracker(mozilla::imagelib::Image* aImage);
   imgStatusTracker(const imgStatusTracker& aOther);
 
+  // Image-setter, for imgStatusTrackers created by imgRequest::Init, which
+  // are created before their Image is created.  This method should only
+  // be called once, and only on an imgStatusTracker that was initialized
+  // without an image.
+  void SetImage(mozilla::imagelib::Image* aImage);
+
   // Schedule an asynchronous "replaying" of all the notifications that would
   // have to happen to put us in the current state.
   // We will also take note of any notifications that happen between the time