--- a/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
@@ -1586,17 +1586,17 @@ abstract public class GeckoApp
         BrowserDB.initialize(getProfile().getName());
 
         String passedUri = null;
         String uri = getURIFromIntent(intent);
         if (uri != null && uri.length() > 0) {
             passedUri = uri;
         }
 
-        if (mRestoreMode == RESTORE_NONE && getProfile().shouldRestoreSession()) {
+        if (mRestoreMode == GeckoAppShell.RESTORE_NONE && shouldRestoreSession()) {
             mRestoreMode = RESTORE_CRASH;
         }
 
         final boolean isExternalURL = passedUri != null && !passedUri.equals("about:home");
         StartupAction startupAction;
         if (isExternalURL) {
             startupAction = StartupAction.URL;
         } else {
@@ -1824,16 +1824,20 @@ abstract public class GeckoApp
     public GeckoProfile getProfile() {
         // fall back to default profile if we didn't load a specific one
         if (mProfile == null) {
             mProfile = GeckoProfile.get(this);
         }
         return mProfile;
     }
 
+    protected boolean shouldRestoreSession() {
+        return getProfile().shouldRestoreSession();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Enable Android StrictMode checks (for supported OS versions).
      * http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/StrictMode.html
      */
     private void enableStrictMode()
     {
         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.GINGERBREAD) {
             return;

--- a/mobile/android/base/WebApp.java.in
+++ b/mobile/android/base/WebApp.java.in
@@ -185,16 +185,21 @@ public class WebApp extends GeckoApp {
 #ifdef MOZ_LINKER_EXTRACT
     @Override
     public boolean linkerExtract() {
         return true;
     }
 #endif
 
     @Override
+    protected boolean shouldRestoreSession() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public void onTabChanged(Tab tab, Tabs.TabEvents msg, Object data) {
         switch(msg) {
             case SELECTED:
             case LOCATION_CHANGE:
                 if (Tabs.getInstance().isSelectedTab(tab)) {
                     try {
                         String title = tab.getURL();
                         URL page = new URL(title);