diff --git a/content/html/content/src/nsHTMLMediaElement.cpp b/content/html/content/src/nsHTMLMediaElement.cpp
index 4312db8ae4a4..0fe8bff2834b 100644
--- a/content/html/content/src/nsHTMLMediaElement.cpp
+++ b/content/html/content/src/nsHTMLMediaElement.cpp
@@ -687,7 +687,6 @@ void nsHTMLMediaElement::ResumeLoad(PreloadAction aAction)
   mPreloadURI = nsnull;
   mPreloadAction = aAction;
   ChangeDelayLoadStatus(PR_TRUE);
-  mNetworkState = nsIDOMHTMLMediaElement::NETWORK_LOADING;
   if (mIsLoadingFromSrcAttribute) {
     // We were loading from the element's src attribute.
     if (NS_FAILED(LoadResource(uri))) {
diff --git a/toolkit/content/widgets/videocontrols.xml b/toolkit/content/widgets/videocontrols.xml
index d0f5fed53bad..928f1eb573d4 100644
--- a/toolkit/content/widgets/videocontrols.xml
+++ b/toolkit/content/widgets/videocontrols.xml
@@ -310,13 +310,12 @@
                 setupStatusFader : function(immediate) {
                     var show = false;
                     if (this.video.seeking || this.video.error ||
-                        (this.video.networkState == this.video.NETWORK_LOADING &&
-                         (this.video.paused || this.video.ended
-                           ? this.video.readyState < this.video.HAVE_CURRENT_DATA
-                           : this.video.readyState < this.video.HAVE_FUTURE_DATA)) ||
+                        (this.video.paused || this.video.ended
+                         ? this.video.readyState < this.video.HAVE_CURRENT_DATA
+                         : this.video.readyState < this.video.HAVE_FUTURE_DATA) ||
                         (this.timeUpdateCount <= 1 && !this.video.ended &&
                          this.video.readyState < this.video.HAVE_ENOUGH_DATA &&
-                         this.video.networkState == this.video.NETWORK_LOADING))
+                         this.video.networkState >= this.video.NETWORK_LOADING))
                         show = true;
 
                     this.log("Status overlay: seeking=" + this.video.seeking +