diff --git a/mod/url/locallib.php b/mod/url/locallib.php
index 327da1d5494..61f5dfdf35e 100644
--- a/mod/url/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/url/locallib.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function url_get_full_url($url, $cm, $course, $config=null) {
     // make sure there are no encoded entities, it is ok to do this twice
     $fullurl = html_entity_decode($url->externalurl, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
 
-    if (preg_match('/^(\/|https?:|ftp:)/i', $fullurl) or preg_match('|^/|', $url)) {
+    if (preg_match('/^(\/|https?:|ftp:)/i', $fullurl) or preg_match('|^/|', $fullurl)) {
         // encode extra chars in URLs - this does not make it always valid, but it helps with some UTF-8 problems
         $allowed = "a-zA-Z0-9".preg_quote(';/?:@=&$_.+!*(),-#%', '/');
         $fullurl = preg_replace_callback("/[^$allowed]/", 'url_filter_callback', $fullurl);
diff --git a/mod/url/version.php b/mod/url/version.php
index 5b4c1b54024..786c82e1b2a 100644
--- a/mod/url/version.php
+++ b/mod/url/version.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die;
 
-$module->version  = 2010101400;
+$module->version  = 2010101401;
 $module->requires = 2010080300;  // Requires this Moodle version
 $module->cron     = 0;