diff --git a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/AndroidWebView.java b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/AndroidWebView.java
index 632e94a6..68808c61 100755
--- a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/AndroidWebView.java
+++ b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/AndroidWebView.java
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ public class AndroidWebView extends WebView implements CordovaWebView {
         if (LOG.isLoggable(LOG.DEBUG) && !url.startsWith("javascript:")) {
             LOG.d(TAG, ">>> loadUrlNow()");
         }
-        if (url.startsWith("file://") || url.startsWith("javascript:") || internalWhitelist.isUrlWhiteListed(url)) {
+        if (url.startsWith("file://") || url.startsWith("javascript:") || url.startsWith("about:") || internalWhitelist.isUrlWhiteListed(url)) {
             super.loadUrl(url);
         }
     }
diff --git a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/AndroidWebViewClient.java b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/AndroidWebViewClient.java
index 28bd9771..5fac30e7 100755
--- a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/AndroidWebViewClient.java
+++ b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/AndroidWebViewClient.java
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ public class AndroidWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
     @Override
     public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
         super.onPageFinished(view, url);
-        // Ignore excessive calls.
-        if (!isCurrentlyLoading) {
+        // Ignore excessive calls, if url is not about:blank (CB-8317).
+        if (!isCurrentlyLoading && !url.startsWith("about:")) {
             return;
         }
         isCurrentlyLoading = false;