diff --git a/lib/url.js b/lib/url.js
index ade0007171ee48..f50d180c7a1585 100644
--- a/lib/url.js
+++ b/lib/url.js
@@ -359,9 +359,7 @@ Url.prototype.parse = function parse(url, parseQueryString, slashesDenoteHost) {
 
     // validate a little.
     if (!ipv6Hostname) {
-      const result = validateHostname(this, rest, hostname);
-      if (result !== undefined)
-        rest = result;
+      rest = getHostname(this, rest, hostname);
     }
 
     if (this.hostname.length > hostnameMaxLen) {
@@ -462,7 +460,7 @@ Url.prototype.parse = function parse(url, parseQueryString, slashesDenoteHost) {
   return this;
 };
 
-function validateHostname(self, rest, hostname) {
+function getHostname(self, rest, hostname) {
   for (var i = 0; i < hostname.length; ++i) {
     const code = hostname.charCodeAt(i);
     const isValid = (code >= CHAR_LOWERCASE_A && code <= CHAR_LOWERCASE_Z) ||
@@ -477,9 +475,10 @@ function validateHostname(self, rest, hostname) {
     // Invalid host character
     if (!isValid) {
       self.hostname = hostname.slice(0, i);
-      return '/' + hostname.slice(i) + rest;
+      return `/${hostname.slice(i)}${rest}`;
     }
   }
+  return rest;
 }
 
 // Escaped characters. Use empty strings to fill up unused entries.