diff --git a/src/runtime/webcore/fetch.rs b/src/runtime/webcore/fetch.rs
index a98917610fd5..77632c9e3d29 100644
--- a/src/runtime/webcore/fetch.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/webcore/fetch.rs
@@ -1593,19 +1593,17 @@ fn fetch_impl<const ALLOW_GET_BODY: bool>(
         ));
     }
 
-    if !url.protocol.is_empty() {
-        if !(url.is_http() || url.is_https() || url.is_s3()) {
-            let err = global_this.to_type_error(
-                jsc::ErrorCode::INVALID_ARG_VALUE,
-                format_args!("protocol must be http:, https: or s3:"),
-            );
-            return Ok(
-                JSPromise::dangerously_create_rejected_promise_value_without_notifying_vm(
-                    global_this,
-                    err,
-                ),
-            );
-        }
+    if !(url.is_http() || url.is_https() || url.is_s3()) {
+        let err = global_this.to_type_error(
+            jsc::ErrorCode::INVALID_ARG_VALUE,
+            format_args!("protocol must be http:, https: or s3:"),
+        );
+        return Ok(
+            JSPromise::dangerously_create_rejected_promise_value_without_notifying_vm(
+                global_this,
+                err,
+            ),
+        );
     }
 
     if !ALLOW_GET_BODY && !method.has_request_body() && body.has_body() && !upgraded_connection {
diff --git a/test/js/web/fetch/fetch-args.test.ts b/test/js/web/fetch/fetch-args.test.ts
index 3d245e817493..ae2ce83b7932 100644
--- a/test/js/web/fetch/fetch-args.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/web/fetch/fetch-args.test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,51 @@ afterAll(() => {
   server!.stop(true);
 });
 
+describe("non-HTTP(S) URL scheme rejection", () => {
+  // WHATWG URL parses `localhost:3000/x` as scheme "localhost:" with an empty
+  // host. fetch() must reject these without any network activity rather than
+  // treating the scheme name as a hostname.
+  test.each(["about:blank", "javascript:alert(1)", "chrome:flags", "foo:bar"])(
+    "fetch(%j) rejects with TypeError",
+    async input => {
+      const prevCount = requestCount;
+      const err = await fetch(input).then(
+        () => null,
+        e => e,
+      );
+      expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(TypeError);
+      expect(requestCount).toBe(prevCount);
+    },
+  );
+
+  test("fetch('localhost:<port>/path') does not reach the network", async () => {
+    const prevCount = requestCount;
+    const input = `localhost:${server!.port}/api/x?q=1`;
+    expect(new URL(input).host).toBe("");
+    const err = await fetch(input).then(
+      () => null,
+      e => e,
+    );
+    expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(TypeError);
+    expect(requestCount).toBe(prevCount);
+  });
+
+  test("fetch(new Request('about:blank')) rejects with TypeError", async () => {
+    const err = await fetch(new Request("about:blank")).then(
+      () => null,
+      e => e,
+    );
+    expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(TypeError);
+  });
+
+  test("http:// and data: still work", async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(server!.url);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const dataRes = await fetch("data:text/plain,hello");
+    expect(await dataRes.text()).toBe("hello");
+  });
+});
+
 test("fetch(request subclass with headers)", async () => {
   class MyRequest extends Request {
     constructor(input: RequestInfo, init?: RequestInit) {