diff --git a/js/traffic.js b/js/traffic.js
index 45327fd5d..a35baf247 100644
--- a/js/traffic.js
+++ b/js/traffic.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ var onBeforeRequestHandler = function(details) {
         reason = µb.abpFilters.matchString(pageStore, requestURL, requestType, requestHostname);
     }
     // Record what happened.
-    if ( pageStore ) {
+    if ( pageStore.recordRequest ) {
         pageStore.recordRequest(requestType, requestURL, reason);
     }