--- a/browser/base/content/tabbrowser.xml
+++ b/browser/base/content/tabbrowser.xml
@@ -1339,17 +1339,18 @@
                                     "notificationbox");
             notificationbox.setAttribute("flex", "1");
             notificationbox.appendChild(b);
             b.setAttribute("flex", "1");
             this.mPanelContainer.appendChild(notificationbox);
 
             b.addEventListener("DOMTitleChanged", this.onTitleChanged, true);
 
-            if (this.mStrip.collapsed)
+            if (this.mStrip.collapsed &&
+                this.mTabs.length - this._removingTabs.length > 1)
               this.setStripVisibilityTo(true);
 
             // wire up a progress listener for the new browser object.
             var position = this.mTabContainer.childNodes.length-1;
             var tabListener = this.mTabProgressListener(t, b, blank);
             const filter = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/appshell/component/browser-status-filter;1"]
                                      .createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIWebProgress);
             filter.addProgressListener(tabListener, Components.interfaces.nsIWebProgress.NOTIFY_ALL);