--- a/dom/quota/FirstInitializationAttemptsImpl.h
+++ b/dom/quota/FirstInitializationAttemptsImpl.h
@@ -17,16 +17,25 @@
 namespace mozilla::dom::quota {
 
 template <typename Initialization, typename StringGenerator>
 void FirstInitializationAttempts<Initialization, StringGenerator>::
     RecordFirstInitializationAttempt(const Initialization aInitialization,
                                      const nsresult aRv) {
   MOZ_ASSERT(FirstInitializationAttemptPending(aInitialization));
 
+  // NS_ERROR_ABORT signals a non-fatal, recoverable problem during
+  // initialization. We do not want these kind of failures to count against our
+  // overall failure telemetry. Thus we just ignore this kind of failure and
+  // keep mFirstInitializationAttempts unflagged to stay ready to record a real
+  // failure on the next attempt.
+  if (aRv == NS_ERROR_ABORT) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   mFirstInitializationAttempts |= aInitialization;
 
   if constexpr (!std::is_same_v<StringGenerator, Nothing>) {
     Telemetry::Accumulate(Telemetry::QM_FIRST_INITIALIZATION_ATTEMPT,
                           StringGenerator::GetString(aInitialization),
                           static_cast<uint32_t>(NS_SUCCEEDED(aRv)));
   }
 }