1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/toolkit/components/thumbnails/BackgroundPageThumbs.jsm b/toolkit/components/thumbnails/BackgroundPageThumbs.jsm
index bd52e77e9..7b86fa07c 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/thumbnails/BackgroundPageThumbs.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/thumbnails/BackgroundPageThumbs.jsm
@@ -368,9 +368,12 @@ Capture.prototype = {
     tel("CAPTURE_QUEUE_TIME_MS", this.startDate - this.creationDate);
 
     // timeout timer
-    let timeout = typeof(this.options.timeout) == "number" ?
-                  this.options.timeout :
-                  DEFAULT_CAPTURE_TIMEOUT;
+    let timeout;
+    if (this.options && typeof(this.options.timeout) == "number") {
+      timeout = this.options.timeout;
+    } else {
+      timeout = DEFAULT_CAPTURE_TIMEOUT;
+    }
     this._timeoutTimer = Cc["@mozilla.org/timer;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsITimer);
     this._timeoutTimer.initWithCallback(this, timeout,
                                         Ci.nsITimer.TYPE_ONE_SHOT);
@@ -468,11 +471,9 @@ Capture.prototype = {
     };
 
     if (!data) {
-      // If this background attempt failed, cause a dummy file to be saved, so
+      // If this background attempt failed, cause a placeholder file to be saved, so
       // that gets loaded instead of attempting again (and again).
-      // XXX: Perhaps we can create a placeholder image to use instead of "null"
-      // here, so it has something to show to the user?
-      PageThumbs._store(this.url, this.url, null, true)
+      PageThumbs._store(this.url, this.url, atob(BLANKTHUMB), true)
                 .then(done, done);
       return;
     }