diff --git a/src/html/winpars.cpp b/src/html/winpars.cpp
index ac5c5ecfbe..4108eb1873 100644
--- a/src/html/winpars.cpp
+++ b/src/html/winpars.cpp
@@ -323,7 +323,10 @@ wxFSFile *wxHtmlWinParser::OpenURL(wxHtmlURLType type,
         wxString redirect;
         status = m_windowInterface->OnHTMLOpeningURL(type, myfullurl, &redirect);
         if ( status != wxHTML_REDIRECT )
+        {
+            myurl = myfullurl;
             break;
+        }
 
         myurl = redirect;
     }