diff --git a/wp-includes/class-http.php b/wp-includes/class-http.php
index 50e18f99d6..0a277b6eb8 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-http.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-http.php
@@ -119,10 +119,11 @@ class WP_Http {
 		if ( false !== $pre )
 			return $pre;
 
-		if ( $r['reject_unsafe_urls'] )
-			$url = wp_http_validate_url( $url );
-		if ( function_exists( 'wp_kses_bad_protocol' ) )
+		if ( function_exists( 'wp_kses_bad_protocol' ) ) {
+			if ( $r['reject_unsafe_urls'] )
+				$url = wp_http_validate_url( $url );
 			$url = wp_kses_bad_protocol( $url, array( 'http', 'https', 'ssl' ) );
+		}
 
 		$arrURL = @parse_url( $url );