diff --git a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebView.java b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebView.java
index 3825be96..491edf72 100755
--- a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebView.java
+++ b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebView.java
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ public class CordovaWebView extends WebView {
         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/CordovaWebViewClient.java b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebViewClient.java
index 218cd81e..6b3b4608 100755
--- a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebViewClient.java
+++ b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaWebViewClient.java
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ public class CordovaWebViewClient 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;