diff --git a/src/js/utils/url.js b/src/js/utils/url.js
index 653f581574..6532c28fe4 100644
--- a/src/js/utils/url.js
+++ b/src/js/utils/url.js
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ export const getFileExtension = function(path) {
  * @method isCrossOrigin
  */
 export const isCrossOrigin = function(url) {
-  let urlInfo = parseUrl(url);
   let winLoc = window.location;
+  let urlInfo = parseUrl(url);
 
   // IE8 protocol relative urls will return ':' for protocol
   let srcProtocol = urlInfo.protocol === ':' ? winLoc.protocol : urlInfo.protocol;
diff --git a/test/unit/utils/url.test.js b/test/unit/utils/url.test.js
index 79d9ab7a7a..4e2ed9aba7 100644
--- a/test/unit/utils/url.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/utils/url.test.js
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ test('isCrossOrigin can identify cross origin urls', function() {
   win.location.protocol = 'https:';
   win.location.host = 'google.com';
   ok(Url.isCrossOrigin('http://google.com/example.vtt'), 'http://google.com from https://google.com is cross origin');
-  ok(Url.isCrossOrigin('//google.com/example.vtt'), '//google.com from https://google.com is cross origin');
   ok(Url.isCrossOrigin('http://example.com/example.vtt'), 'http://example.com from https://google.com is cross origin');
   ok(Url.isCrossOrigin('https://example.com/example.vtt'), 'https://example.com from https://google.com is cross origin');
   ok(Url.isCrossOrigin('//example.com/example.vtt'), '//example.com from https://google.com is cross origin');