diff --git a/mozilla/view/src/nsViewManager.cpp b/mozilla/view/src/nsViewManager.cpp
index 60730fc70de..c2883d7e676 100644
--- a/mozilla/view/src/nsViewManager.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/view/src/nsViewManager.cpp
@@ -3406,8 +3406,9 @@ PRBool nsViewManager::CreateDisplayList(nsView *aView, PRBool aReparentedViewsPr
   bounds.y += aY;
   pos.MoveBy(aX, aY);
 
-  // is this a clip view?
-  PRBool isClipView = IsClipView(aView);
+  // does this view clip all its children?
+  PRBool isClipView = IsClipView(aView)
+    && !(aView->GetViewFlags() & NS_VIEW_FLAG_CONTAINS_PLACEHOLDER);
   PRBool overlap;
   nsRect irect;
     
@@ -3445,8 +3446,7 @@ PRBool nsViewManager::CreateDisplayList(nsView *aView, PRBool aReparentedViewsPr
   // visible area can lie outside our bounds, so it can't intersect
   // the dirty area.  Also, if we don't contain any placeholder views,
   // then there is no way for anyone to reparent below us.
-  if (!overlap && (isClipView ||
-                   (aView->GetViewFlags() & NS_VIEW_FLAG_CONTAINS_PLACEHOLDER) == 0)) {
+  if (!overlap && !(aView->GetViewFlags() & NS_VIEW_FLAG_CONTAINS_PLACEHOLDER)) {
     return PR_FALSE;
   }