diff --git a/devtools/.eslintrc b/devtools/.eslintrc
index 1fa8ed023ece..c9d1362fe17a 100644
--- a/devtools/.eslintrc
+++ b/devtools/.eslintrc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     // Rules from the mozilla plugin
     "mozilla/mark-test-function-used": 1,
     "mozilla/no-aArgs": 1,
-    "mozilla/no-cpows-in-tests": 1,
+    "mozilla/no-cpows-in-tests": 2,
     // See bug 1224289.
     "mozilla/reject-importGlobalProperties": 1,
     "mozilla/var-only-at-top-level": 1,
diff --git a/devtools/client/responsive.html/test/browser/browser_viewport_basics.js b/devtools/client/responsive.html/test/browser/browser_viewport_basics.js
index f06dd582cf70..86fc41da9232 100644
--- a/devtools/client/responsive.html/test/browser/browser_viewport_basics.js
+++ b/devtools/client/responsive.html/test/browser/browser_viewport_basics.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ addRDMTask(TEST_URL, function* ({ ui }) {
   // Browser's location should match original tab
   yield waitForFrameLoad(ui, TEST_URL);
   let location = yield spawnViewportTask(ui, {}, function* () {
-    return content.location.href;
+    return content.location.href; // eslint-disable-line
   });
   is(location, TEST_URL, "Viewport location matches");
 });
diff --git a/testing/eslint-plugin-mozilla/lib/rules/no-cpows-in-tests.js b/testing/eslint-plugin-mozilla/lib/rules/no-cpows-in-tests.js
index 82a823027751..96a7b301c34e 100644
--- a/testing/eslint-plugin-mozilla/lib/rules/no-cpows-in-tests.js
+++ b/testing/eslint-plugin-mozilla/lib/rules/no-cpows-in-tests.js
@@ -22,12 +22,18 @@ var cpows = [
   /^window\.content/
 ];
 
+var isInContentTask = false;
+
 module.exports = function(context) {
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Helpers
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   function showError(node, identifier) {
+    if (isInContentTask) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     context.report({
       node: node,
       message: identifier +
@@ -35,11 +41,32 @@ module.exports = function(context) {
     });
   }
 
+  function isContentTask(node) {
+    return node &&
+           node.type === "MemberExpression" &&
+           node.property.type === "Identifier" &&
+           node.property.name === "spawn" &&
+           node.object.type === "Identifier" &&
+           node.object.name === "ContentTask";
+  }
+
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Public
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   return {
+    CallExpression: function(node) {
+      if (isContentTask(node.callee)) {
+        isInContentTask = true;
+      }
+    },
+
+    "CallExpression:exit": function(node) {
+      if (isContentTask(node.callee)) {
+        isInContentTask = false;
+      }
+    },
+
     MemberExpression: function(node) {
       if (!helpers.getIsBrowserMochitest(this)) {
         return;
@@ -77,7 +104,6 @@ module.exports = function(context) {
             node.parent.object.name != "content") {
           return;
         }
-
         showError(node, expression);
         return;
       }