diff --git a/src/js/pagestore.js b/src/js/pagestore.js
index d9987012d..1c2ab32e6 100644
--- a/src/js/pagestore.js
+++ b/src/js/pagestore.js
@@ -219,6 +219,14 @@ const FrameStore = class {
         return null;
     }
 
+    updateURL(url) {
+        if ( typeof url !== 'string' ) { return; }
+        this.rawURL = url;
+        this.hostname = hostnameFromURI(url);
+        this.domain = domainFromHostname(this.hostname) || this.hostname;
+        this._cosmeticFilteringBits = undefined;
+    }
+
     getCosmeticFilteringBits(tabId) {
         if ( this._cosmeticFilteringBits !== undefined ) {
             return this._cosmeticFilteringBits;
@@ -488,6 +496,8 @@ const PageStore = class {
         return this.frames.get(frameId) || null;
     }
 
+    // https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1858
+    //   Mind that setFrameURL() can be called from navigation event handlers.
     setFrameURL(details) {
         let { frameId, url, parentFrameId } = details;
         if ( frameId === undefined ) { frameId = 0; }
@@ -504,6 +514,9 @@ const PageStore = class {
         frameStore = FrameStore.factory(url, parentFrameId);
         this.frames.set(frameId, frameStore);
         this.frameAddCount += 1;
+        if ( url.startsWith('about:') ) {
+            frameStore.updateURL(this.getEffectiveFrameURL({ frameId }));
+        }
         if ( (this.frameAddCount & 0b111111) === 0 ) {
             this.pruneFrames();
         }