diff --git a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/jar.mn b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/jar.mn
index 2e29493063..47909ddc9d 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/jar.mn
+++ b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/jar.mn
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ browser.jar:
     content/browser/preferences/languages.js
 *   content/browser/preferences/main.xul
     content/browser/preferences/main.js
+    content/browser/preferences/newtaburl.js
     content/browser/preferences/permissions.xul
 *   content/browser/preferences/permissions.js
 *   content/browser/preferences/preferences.xul
diff --git a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/main.xul b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/main.xul
index 7634056eb1..bb51947b0f 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/main.xul
+++ b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/main.xul
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
                  type="autocomplete" autocompletesearch="history"
                  onsyncfrompreference="return gMainPane.syncFromHomePref();"
                  onsynctopreference="return gMainPane.syncToHomePref(this.value);"
+                 oninput="gNewtabUrl.writeNewtabUrl(null, this.value);"
                  placeholder="&abouthome.pageTitle;"
                  preference="browser.startup.homepage"/>
       </hbox>
@@ -103,15 +104,15 @@
         <button label="" accesskey="&useCurrentPage.accesskey;"
                 label1="&useCurrentPage.label;"
                 label2="&useMultiple.label;"
-                oncommand="gMainPane.setHomePageToCurrent();"
+                oncommand="gMainPane.setHomePageToCurrent(); gNewtabUrl.writeNewtabUrl();"
                 id="useCurrent"
                 preference="pref.browser.homepage.disable_button.current_page"/>
         <button label="&chooseBookmark.label;" accesskey="&chooseBookmark.accesskey;"
-                oncommand="gMainPane.setHomePageToBookmark();"
+                oncommand="gMainPane.setHomePageToBookmark(); gNewtabUrl.writeNewtabUrl();"
                 id="useBookmark"
                 preference="pref.browser.homepage.disable_button.bookmark_page"/>
         <button label="&restoreDefault.label;" accesskey="&restoreDefault.accesskey;"
-                oncommand="gMainPane.restoreDefaultHomePage();"
+                oncommand="gMainPane.restoreDefaultHomePage(); gNewtabUrl.writeNewtabUrl();"
                 id="restoreDefaultHomePage"
                 preference="pref.browser.homepage.disable_button.restore_default"/>
       </hbox>
diff --git a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/newtaburl.js b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/newtaburl.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afe0b43fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/newtaburl.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+var gNewtabUrl = {
+  /**
+   * Writes browser.newtab.url with the appropriate value.
+   * If the choice is "my home page", get and sanitize
+   * the browser home page URL to make it suitable for newtab use.
+   *
+   * Called from prefwindow ondialogaccept in preferences.xul,
+   * newtabPage oncommand in tabs.xul, browserHomePage oninput,
+   * useCurrent, useBookmark and restoreDefaultHomePage oncommand
+   * in main.xul to consider instantApply.
+   */
+  writeNewtabUrl: function(newtabUrlChoice, browserHomepageUrl) {
+    try {
+      if (newtabUrlChoice) {
+        if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.preferences.instantApply")) {
+          newtabUrlChoice = parseInt(newtabUrlChoice);
+        } else {
+          return;
+        }
+      } else {
+        newtabUrlChoice = Services.prefs.getIntPref("browser.newtab.choice");
+      }
+      if (browserHomepageUrl || browserHomepageUrl == "") {
+        if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.preferences.instantApply")) {
+          if (browserHomepageUrl == "") {
+            browserHomepageUrl = "about:home";
+          }
+        } else {
+          return;
+        }
+      } else {
+        browserHomepageUrl = Services.prefs.getComplexValue("browser.startup.homepage",
+                              Components.interfaces.nsIPrefLocalizedString).data;
+      }
+      let newtabUrlPref = Services.prefs.getCharPref("browser.newtab.url");
+      switch (newtabUrlChoice) {
+        case 1:
+          newtabUrlPref = "about:logopage";
+          break;
+        case 2:
+          newtabUrlPref = "http://start.palemoon.org/";
+          break;
+        case 3:
+          // If url is a pipe-delimited set of pages, just take the first one.
+          let newtabUrlSanitizedPref=browserHomepageUrl.split("|")[0];
+          // XXX: do we need extra sanitation here, e.g. for invalid URLs?
+          Services.prefs.setCharPref("browser.newtab.myhome", newtabUrlSanitizedPref);
+          newtabUrlPref = newtabUrlSanitizedPref;
+          break;
+        case 4:
+          newtabUrlPref = "about:newtab";
+          break;
+        default:
+          // In case of any other value it's a custom URL, consider instantApply.
+          if (this.newtabPageCustom) {
+            newtabUrlPref = this.newtabPageCustom;
+          }
+      } 
+      Services.prefs.setCharPref("browser.newtab.url",newtabUrlPref);
+    } catch(e) { console.error(e); }
+  }
+};
diff --git a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/preferences.xul b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/preferences.xul
index 2f00b960af..a1d9c8cf72 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/preferences.xul
+++ b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/preferences.xul
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@
 #endif
 #endif
             onunload="if (typeof gSecurityPane != 'undefined') gSecurityPane.syncAddonSecurityLevel();"
-            ondialogaccept="if (typeof gTabsPane != 'undefined') gTabsPane.writeNewtabUrl();
-                            return true;">
+            ondialogaccept="gNewtabUrl.writeNewtabUrl();">
 
     <script type="application/javascript" src="chrome://browser/content/utilityOverlay.js"/>
+    <script type="application/javascript" src="chrome://browser/content/preferences/newtaburl.js"/>
 
     <stringbundle id="bundleBrand" src="chrome://branding/locale/brand.properties"/>
     <stringbundle id="bundlePreferences"
diff --git a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.js b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.js
index f0ad8490c7..4d57a29fb3 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.js
+++ b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.js
@@ -104,54 +104,5 @@ var gTabsPane = {
         // We need this to consider instantApply.
         this.newtabPageCustom = newtabUrlPref.value;
     }
-  },
-
-  /**
-   * Writes browser.newtab.url with the appropriate value.
-   * if the choice is "my home page", get and sanitize the browser home page
-   * URL to make it suitable for newtab use.
-   *
-   * Called from prefwindow's ondialogaccept handler and
-   * from browser.newtab.choice's oncommand to consider instantApply.
-   */
-  writeNewtabUrl: function(newtabUrlChoice) {
-    try {
-      if (newtabUrlChoice) {
-        if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.preferences.instantApply")) {
-          newtabUrlChoice = parseInt(newtabUrlChoice);
-        } else {
-          return;
-        }
-      } else {
-        newtabUrlChoice = Services.prefs.getIntPref("browser.newtab.choice");
-      }
-      let browserHomepageUrl = Services.prefs.getComplexValue("browser.startup.homepage",
-                                Components.interfaces.nsIPrefLocalizedString).data;
-      let newtabUrlPref = Services.prefs.getCharPref("browser.newtab.url");
-      switch (newtabUrlChoice) {
-        case 1:
-          newtabUrlPref = "about:logopage";
-          break;
-        case 2:
-          newtabUrlPref = "http://start.palemoon.org/";
-          break;
-        case 3:
-          // If url is a pipe-delimited set of pages, just take the first one.
-          let newtabUrlSanitizedPref=browserHomepageUrl.split("|")[0];
-          // XXX: do we need extra sanitation here, e.g. for invalid URLs?
-          Services.prefs.setCharPref("browser.newtab.myhome", newtabUrlSanitizedPref);
-          newtabUrlPref = newtabUrlSanitizedPref;
-          break;
-        case 4:
-          newtabUrlPref = "about:newtab";
-          break;
-        default:
-          // In case of any other value it's a custom URL, consider instantApply.
-          if (this.newtabPageCustom) {
-            newtabUrlPref = this.newtabPageCustom;
-          }
-      } 
-      Services.prefs.setCharPref("browser.newtab.url",newtabUrlPref);
-    } catch(e) { console.error(e); }
   }
 };
diff --git a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.xul b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.xul
index f5b44b776b..64529d60d6 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.xul
+++ b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.xul
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <menulist 
           id="newtabPage"
           preference="browser.newtab.choice"
-          oncommand="gTabsPane.writeNewtabUrl(event.target.value);">
+          oncommand="gNewtabUrl.writeNewtabUrl(event.target.value);">
           <menupopup>
             <menuitem label="&newtabPage.custom.label;"    value="0" id="newtabPageCustom" hidden="true" />
             <menuitem label="&newtabPage.blank.label;"     value="1" />