--- a/widget/android/nsAndroidProtocolHandler.cpp
+++ b/widget/android/nsAndroidProtocolHandler.cpp
@@ -64,17 +64,17 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP AndroidInputStream::IsNonB
 }
 
 
 class AndroidChannel : public nsBaseChannel
 {
 private:
     AndroidChannel(nsIURI *aURI, jni::Object::Param aConnection) {
         mConnection = aConnection;
-        mURI = aURI;
+        SetURI(aURI);
 
         auto type = widget::GeckoAppShell::ConnectionGetMimeType(mConnection);
         if (type) {
             SetContentType(nsCString(type));
         }
     }
 
 public: