diff --git a/toolkit/components/places/BookmarkHTMLUtils.jsm b/toolkit/components/places/BookmarkHTMLUtils.jsm
index 2285aae6e7..f8fc0ba519 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/places/BookmarkHTMLUtils.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/BookmarkHTMLUtils.jsm
@@ -746,6 +746,7 @@ BookmarkImporter.prototype = {
         this._curFrame.inDescription = true;
         break;
       case "hr":
+        this._closeContainer(aElt);
         this._handleSeparator(aElt);
         break;
     }