diff --git a/app/services/fetch_link_card_service.rb b/app/services/fetch_link_card_service.rb
index ec9b5226e..c2df7b2f0 100644
--- a/app/services/fetch_link_card_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/fetch_link_card_service.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class FetchLinkCardService < BaseService
 
   def bad_url?(uri)
     # Avoid local instance URLs and invalid URLs
-    TagManager.instance.local_url?(uri.to_s) || !%w(http https).include?(uri.scheme) || uri.host.blank?
+    uri.host.blank? || TagManager.instance.local_url?(uri.to_s) || !%w(http https).include?(uri.scheme)
   end
 
   def skip_link?(a)