1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/url/url-http.el b/lisp/url/url-http.el
index bb3e76997a8..d45bb323b12 100644
--- a/lisp/url/url-http.el
+++ b/lisp/url/url-http.el
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ The return value of this function is the retrieval buffer."
          (buffer (or retry-buffer
                      (generate-new-buffer
                       (format " *http %s:%d*" (url-host url) (url-port url)))))
-         (referer (url-http--get-referer url)))
+         (referer (url-http--encode-string (url-http--get-referer url))))
     (if (not connection)
         ;; Failed to open the connection for some reason
         (progn