diff --git a/platform/chromium/vapi-background-ext.js b/platform/chromium/vapi-background-ext.js
index 1369714a744aa..9b29ceea07759 100644
--- a/platform/chromium/vapi-background-ext.js
+++ b/platform/chromium/vapi-background-ext.js
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ vAPI.Tabs = class extends vAPI.Tabs {
 
         suspendOneRequest(details) {
             this.suspendedTabIds.add(details.tabId);
-            return { cancel: true };
+            return {
+                redirectUrl: vAPI.getURL(`web_accessible_resources/empty?secret=${vAPI.warSecret()}`)
+            };
         }
 
         unsuspendAllRequests(discard = false) {
diff --git a/platform/common/vapi-background.js b/platform/common/vapi-background.js
index 6cafb805c9adf..0c4b0b46d9461 100644
--- a/platform/common/vapi-background.js
+++ b/platform/common/vapi-background.js
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ vAPI.Net = class {
         if ( this.suspendDepth !== 0 ) { return; }
         this.unsuspendAllRequests(discard);
     }
-    canSuspend() {
+    static canSuspend() {
         return false;
     }
 };
diff --git a/platform/firefox/vapi-background-ext.js b/platform/firefox/vapi-background-ext.js
index fc04d32dcc572..723daf7b6ad2c 100644
--- a/platform/firefox/vapi-background-ext.js
+++ b/platform/firefox/vapi-background-ext.js
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ import {
                 );
             }
         }
-        canSuspend() {
+        static canSuspend() {
             return true;
         }
     };
diff --git a/src/js/background.js b/src/js/background.js
index a5d06f5575e93..b2251559907ed 100644
--- a/src/js/background.js
+++ b/src/js/background.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ const userSettingsDefault = {
     prefetchingDisabled: true,
     requestLogMaxEntries: 1000,
     showIconBadge: true,
-    suspendUntilListsAreLoaded: true,
+    suspendUntilListsAreLoaded: vAPI.Net.canSuspend(),
     tooltipsDisabled: false,
     webrtcIPAddressHidden: false,
 };
diff --git a/src/js/start.js b/src/js/start.js
index b695833a3c9ba..70b5383658523 100644
--- a/src/js/start.js
+++ b/src/js/start.js
@@ -201,10 +201,20 @@ const onNetWhitelistReady = function(netWhitelistRaw, adminExtra) {
 
 const onUserSettingsReady = function(fetched) {
     // Terminate suspended state?
-    if ( fetched.suspendUntilListsAreLoaded === false ) {
+    const tnow = Date.now() - vAPI.T0;
+    if (
+        vAPI.Net.canSuspend() &&
+        fetched.suspendUntilListsAreLoaded === false
+    ) {
         vAPI.net.unsuspend({ all: true, discard: true });
-        ubolog(`Unsuspend network activity listener`);
-        µb.supportStats.unsuspendAfter = `${Date.now() - vAPI.T0} ms`;
+        ubolog(`Unsuspend network activity listener at ${tnow} ms`);
+        µb.supportStats.unsuspendAfter = `${tnow} ms`;
+    } else if (
+        vAPI.Net.canSuspend() === false &&
+        fetched.suspendUntilListsAreLoaded
+    ) {
+        vAPI.net.suspend();
+        ubolog(`Suspend network activity listener at ${tnow} ms`);
     }
 
     // `externalLists` will be deprecated in some future, it is kept around
diff --git a/src/js/storage.js b/src/js/storage.js
index d557ac7d670e0..a43af608e62e1 100644
--- a/src/js/storage.js
+++ b/src/js/storage.js
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ self.addEventListener('hiddenSettingsChanged', ( ) => {
     const onFilterListsReady = function(lists) {
         this.availableFilterLists = lists;
 
-        if ( vAPI.net.canSuspend() ) {
+        if ( vAPI.Net.canSuspend() ) {
             vAPI.net.suspend();
         }
         redirectEngine.reset();
diff --git a/src/js/traffic.js b/src/js/traffic.js
index e44ca913958e6..b8b1c7781eec2 100644
--- a/src/js/traffic.js
+++ b/src/js/traffic.js
@@ -1136,7 +1136,9 @@ const webRequest = {
 
     start: (( ) => {
         vAPI.net = new vAPI.Net();
-        vAPI.net.suspend();
+        if ( vAPI.Net.canSuspend() ) {
+            vAPI.net.suspend();
+        }
 
         return async ( ) => {
             vAPI.net.setSuspendableListener(onBeforeRequest);