diff --git a/accessible/src/jsat/AccessFu.jsm b/accessible/src/jsat/AccessFu.jsm
index 8515344ce302..b7eee12f4472 100644
--- a/accessible/src/jsat/AccessFu.jsm
+++ b/accessible/src/jsat/AccessFu.jsm
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ var AccessFu = {
       }
       case Ci.nsIAccessibleEvent.EVENT_SCROLLING_START:
       {
-        VirtualCursorController.moveCursorToObject(aEvent.accessible);
+        VirtualCursorController.moveCursorToObject(
+          Utils.getVirtualCursor(aEvent.accessibleDocument), aEvent.accessible);
         break;
       }
       case Ci.nsIAccessibleEvent.EVENT_FOCUS:
@@ -366,7 +367,8 @@ var AccessFu = {
         let doc = aEvent.accessibleDocument;
         if (acc.role != Ci.nsIAccessibleRole.ROLE_DOCUMENT &&
             doc.role != Ci.nsIAccessibleRole.ROLE_CHROME_WINDOW)
-          VirtualCursorController.moveCursorToObject(acc);
+          VirtualCursorController.moveCursorToObject(
+            Utils.getVirtualCursor(doc), acc);
 
         let [,extState] = Utils.getStates(acc);
         let editableState = extState &
diff --git a/accessible/src/jsat/Utils.jsm b/accessible/src/jsat/Utils.jsm
index 2fa4e588ad8b..a35efd22a30c 100644
--- a/accessible/src/jsat/Utils.jsm
+++ b/accessible/src/jsat/Utils.jsm
@@ -88,6 +88,21 @@ var Utils = {
     let extState = {};
     aAccessible.getState(state, extState);
     return [state.value, extState.value];
+  },
+
+  getVirtualCursor: function getVirtualCursor(aDocument) {
+    let doc = (aDocument instanceof Ci.nsIAccessible) ? aDocument :
+      gAccRetrieval.getAccessibleFor(aDocument);
+
+    while (doc) {
+      try {
+        return doc.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIAccessibleCursorable).virtualCursor;
+      } catch (x) {
+        doc = doc.parentDocument;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return null;
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/accessible/src/jsat/VirtualCursorController.jsm b/accessible/src/jsat/VirtualCursorController.jsm
index d55d458497f1..79b0f445546d 100644
--- a/accessible/src/jsat/VirtualCursorController.jsm
+++ b/accessible/src/jsat/VirtualCursorController.jsm
@@ -334,12 +334,12 @@ var VirtualCursorController = {
   },
 
   moveToPoint: function moveToPoint(aDocument, aX, aY) {
-    this.getVirtualCursor(aDocument).moveToPoint(TraversalRules.Simple,
-                                                 aX, aY, true);
+    Utils.getVirtualCursor(aDocument).moveToPoint(TraversalRules.Simple,
+                                                  aX, aY, true);
   },
 
   moveForward: function moveForward(aDocument, aLast, aRule) {
-    let virtualCursor = this.getVirtualCursor(aDocument);
+    let virtualCursor = Utils.getVirtualCursor(aDocument);
     if (aLast) {
       virtualCursor.moveLast(TraversalRules.Simple);
     } else {
@@ -347,13 +347,14 @@ var VirtualCursorController = {
         virtualCursor.moveNext(aRule || TraversalRules.Simple);
       } catch (x) {
         this.moveCursorToObject(
-            gAccRetrieval.getAccessibleFor(aDocument.activeElement), aRule);
+          virtualCursor,
+          gAccRetrieval.getAccessibleFor(aDocument.activeElement), aRule);
       }
     }
   },
 
   moveBackward: function moveBackward(aDocument, aFirst, aRule) {
-    let virtualCursor = this.getVirtualCursor(aDocument);
+    let virtualCursor = Utils.getVirtualCursor(aDocument);
     if (aFirst) {
       virtualCursor.moveFirst(TraversalRules.Simple);
     } else {
@@ -361,13 +362,14 @@ var VirtualCursorController = {
         virtualCursor.movePrevious(aRule || TraversalRules.Simple);
       } catch (x) {
         this.moveCursorToObject(
-            gAccRetrieval.getAccessibleFor(aDocument.activeElement), aRule);
+          virtualCursor,
+          gAccRetrieval.getAccessibleFor(aDocument.activeElement), aRule);
       }
     }
   },
 
   activateCurrent: function activateCurrent(document) {
-    let virtualCursor = this.getVirtualCursor(document);
+    let virtualCursor = Utils.getVirtualCursor(document);
     let acc = virtualCursor.position;
 
     if (acc.actionCount > 0) {
@@ -394,24 +396,9 @@ var VirtualCursorController = {
     }
   },
 
-  getVirtualCursor: function getVirtualCursor(document) {
-    return gAccRetrieval.getAccessibleFor(document).
-      QueryInterface(Ci.nsIAccessibleCursorable).virtualCursor;
-  },
-
-  moveCursorToObject: function moveCursorToObject(aAccessible, aRule) {
-    let doc = aAccessible.document;
-    while (doc) {
-      let vc = null;
-      try {
-        vc = doc.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIAccessibleCursorable).virtualCursor;
-      } catch (x) {
-        doc = doc.parentDocument;
-        continue;
-      }
-      vc.moveNext(aRule || TraversalRules.Simple, aAccessible, true);
-      break;
-    }
+  moveCursorToObject: function moveCursorToObject(aVirtualCursor,
+                                                  aAccessible, aRule) {
+    aVirtualCursor.moveNext(aRule || TraversalRules.Simple, aAccessible, true);
   },
 
   keyMap: {