diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/home/intent/SpeechProcessingIntentProcessor.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/home/intent/SpeechProcessingIntentProcessor.kt
index ec8398fbd..be6fe57de 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/home/intent/SpeechProcessingIntentProcessor.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/home/intent/SpeechProcessingIntentProcessor.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package org.mozilla.fenix.home.intent
 
 import android.content.Intent
+import android.os.StrictMode
 import androidx.navigation.NavController
 import org.mozilla.fenix.BrowserDirection
 import org.mozilla.fenix.HomeActivity
@@ -26,13 +27,14 @@ class SpeechProcessingIntentProcessor(
     override fun process(intent: Intent, navController: NavController, out: Intent): Boolean {
         return if (intent.extras?.getBoolean(HomeActivity.OPEN_TO_BROWSER_AND_LOAD) == true) {
             out.putExtra(HomeActivity.OPEN_TO_BROWSER_AND_LOAD, false)
-
-            val searchEvent = MetricsUtils.createSearchEvent(
-                activity.components.search.provider.getDefaultEngine(activity),
-                activity,
-                Event.PerformedSearch.SearchAccessPoint.WIDGET
-            )
-            searchEvent?.let { metrics.track(it) }
+            activity.components.strictMode.resetAfter(StrictMode.allowThreadDiskReads()) {
+                val searchEvent = MetricsUtils.createSearchEvent(
+                    activity.components.search.provider.getDefaultEngine(activity),
+                    activity,
+                    Event.PerformedSearch.SearchAccessPoint.WIDGET
+                )
+                searchEvent?.let { metrics.track(it) }
+            }
 
             activity.openToBrowserAndLoad(
                 searchTermOrURL = intent.getStringExtra(SPEECH_PROCESSING).orEmpty(),
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/widget/VoiceSearchActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/widget/VoiceSearchActivity.kt
index d76d4864d..d46631137 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/widget/VoiceSearchActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/widget/VoiceSearchActivity.kt
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ package org.mozilla.fenix.widget
 import android.content.ComponentName
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.os.Bundle
+import android.os.StrictMode
 import android.speech.RecognizerIntent
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 import mozilla.components.support.locale.LocaleManager
 import org.mozilla.fenix.HomeActivity
 import org.mozilla.fenix.IntentReceiverActivity
 import org.mozilla.fenix.components.metrics.Event
+import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.components
 import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.metrics
 
 /**
@@ -62,8 +64,16 @@ class VoiceSearchActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
      */
     private fun displaySpeechRecognizer() {
         val intentSpeech = Intent(RecognizerIntent.ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH).apply {
-            putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE_MODEL, RecognizerIntent.LANGUAGE_MODEL_FREE_FORM)
-            putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE, LocaleManager.getCurrentLocale(this@VoiceSearchActivity))
+            putExtra(
+                RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE_MODEL,
+                RecognizerIntent.LANGUAGE_MODEL_FREE_FORM
+            )
+            putExtra(
+                RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE,
+                components.strictMode.resetAfter(StrictMode.allowThreadDiskReads()) {
+                    LocaleManager.getCurrentLocale(this@VoiceSearchActivity)
+                }
+            )
         }
         metrics.track(Event.SearchWidgetVoiceSearchPressed)