diff --git a/image/imgLoader.cpp b/image/imgLoader.cpp
index f3e614d0a2..d8e50cb2eb 100644
--- a/image/imgLoader.cpp
+++ b/image/imgLoader.cpp
@@ -2489,13 +2489,6 @@ imgLoader::GetMIMETypeFromContent(nsIRequest* aRequest,
                                   uint32_t aLength,
                                   nsACString& aContentType)
 {
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIChannel> channel(do_QueryInterface(aRequest));
-  if (channel) {
-    nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo = channel->GetLoadInfo();
-    if (loadInfo->GetSkipContentSniffing()) {
-      return NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE;
-    }
-  }
   return GetMimeTypeFromContent((const char*)aContents, aLength, aContentType);
 }
 
diff --git a/netwerk/base/nsNetUtil.cpp b/netwerk/base/nsNetUtil.cpp
index ce62cfa8fc..d6db22098a 100644
--- a/netwerk/base/nsNetUtil.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/base/nsNetUtil.cpp
@@ -2129,6 +2129,16 @@ NS_SniffContent(const char *aSnifferType, nsIRequest *aRequest,
                 const uint8_t *aData, uint32_t aLength,
                 nsACString &aSniffedType)
 {
+  // In case XCTO nosniff was present, we could just skip sniffing here
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIChannel> channel = do_QueryInterface(aRequest);
+  if (channel) {
+    nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo = channel->GetLoadInfo();
+    if (loadInfo->GetSkipContentSniffing()) {
+      aSniffedType.Truncate();
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
   typedef nsCategoryCache<nsIContentSniffer> ContentSnifferCache;
   extern ContentSnifferCache* gNetSniffers;
   extern ContentSnifferCache* gDataSniffers;
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpChannel.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpChannel.cpp
index dba009ea30..c28606982e 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpChannel.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpChannel.cpp
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ ProcessXCTO(nsIURI* aURI, nsHttpResponseHead* aResponseHead, nsILoadInfo* aLoadI
         policyType == nsIContentPolicy::TYPE_SUBDOCUMENT) {
       // If the header XCTO nosniff is set for any browsing context, then
       // we set the skipContentSniffing flag on the Loadinfo. Within
-      // GetMIMETypeFromContent we then bail early and do not do any sniffing.
+      // NS_SniffContent we then bail early and do not do any sniffing.
       aLoadInfo->SetSkipContentSniffing(true);
       return NS_OK;
     }
diff --git a/netwerk/streamconv/converters/nsUnknownDecoder.cpp b/netwerk/streamconv/converters/nsUnknownDecoder.cpp
index bab9b84c98..f12f02b4f8 100644
--- a/netwerk/streamconv/converters/nsUnknownDecoder.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/streamconv/converters/nsUnknownDecoder.cpp
@@ -317,11 +317,9 @@ nsUnknownDecoder::GetMIMETypeFromContent(nsIRequest* aRequest,
 {
   // Note: This is only used by sniffer, therefore we do not need to lock anything here.
   nsCOMPtr<nsIChannel> channel(do_QueryInterface(aRequest));
-  if (channel) {
-    nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo = channel->GetLoadInfo();
-    if (loadInfo->GetSkipContentSniffing()) {
-      return NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE;
-    }
+  nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo = channel->GetLoadInfo();
+  if (loadInfo->GetSkipContentSniffing()) {
+    return NS_OK;
   }
   mBuffer = const_cast<char*>(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(aData));
   mBufferLen = aLength;
diff --git a/toolkit/components/mediasniffer/nsMediaSniffer.cpp b/toolkit/components/mediasniffer/nsMediaSniffer.cpp
index 5c6fee065e..d00dea894b 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/mediasniffer/nsMediaSniffer.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/components/mediasniffer/nsMediaSniffer.cpp
@@ -138,10 +138,6 @@ nsMediaSniffer::GetMIMETypeFromContent(nsIRequest* aRequest,
                                        nsACString& aSniffedType) {
   nsCOMPtr<nsIChannel> channel = do_QueryInterface(aRequest);
   if (channel) {
-    nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo = channel->GetLoadInfo();
-    if (loadInfo->GetSkipContentSniffing()) {
-      return NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE;
-    }
     nsLoadFlags loadFlags = 0;
     channel->GetLoadFlags(&loadFlags);
     if (!(loadFlags & nsIChannel::LOAD_MEDIA_SNIFFER_OVERRIDES_CONTENT_TYPE)) {