--- a/mobile/android/chrome/content/InputWidgetHelper.js
+++ b/mobile/android/chrome/content/InputWidgetHelper.js
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ var InputWidgetHelper = {
 
   handleEvent: function(aEvent) {
     this.handleClick(aEvent.target);
   },
 
   handleClick: function(aTarget) {
     // if we're busy looking at a InputWidget we want to eat any clicks that
     // come to us, but not to process them
-    if (this._uiBusy || !this.hasInputWidget(aTarget))
+    if (this._uiBusy || !this.hasInputWidget(aTarget) || this._isDisabledElement(aTarget))
       return;
 
     this._uiBusy = true;
     this.show(aTarget);
     this._uiBusy = false;
   },
 
   show: function(aElement) {
@@ -76,10 +76,21 @@ var InputWidgetHelper = {
   fireOnChange: function(aElement) {
     let evt = aElement.ownerDocument.createEvent("Events");
     evt.initEvent("change", true, true, aElement.defaultView, 0,
                   false, false,
                   false, false, null);
     setTimeout(function() {
       aElement.dispatchEvent(evt);
     }, 0);
+  },
+
+  _isDisabledElement : function(aElement) {
+    let currentElement = aElement;
+    while (currentElement) {
+      if (currentElement.disabled)
+	return true;
+
+      currentElement = currentElement.parentElement;
+    }
+    return false;
   }
 };