diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/downloader.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/downloader.rb
index 285f83b75..142045b79 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/util/downloader.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util/downloader.rb
@@ -107,16 +107,19 @@ module Vagrant
               if progress_data.include?("Location")
                 location = progress_data.scan(/Location: (.+?)$/m).flatten.compact.first.to_s.strip
                 if !location.empty?
-                  @logger.info("download redirected to #{location}")
                   location_uri = URI.parse(location)
-                  source_uri = URI.parse(source)
-                  source_host = source_uri.host.split(".", 2).last
-                  location_host = location_uri.host.split(".", 2).last
-                  if !@redirect_notify && location_host != source_host && !SILENCED_HOSTS.include?(location_host)
-                    @ui.clear_line
-                    @ui.detail "Download redirected to host: #{location_uri.host}"
+
+                  unless location_uri.host.nil?
+                    @logger.info("download redirected to #{location}")
+                    source_uri = URI.parse(source)
+                    source_host = source_uri.host.split(".", 2).last
+                    location_host = location_uri.host.split(".", 2).last
+                    if !@redirect_notify && location_host != source_host && !SILENCED_HOSTS.include?(location_host)
+                      @ui.clear_line
+                      @ui.detail "Download redirected to host: #{location_uri.host}"
+                    end
+                    @redirect_notify = true
                   end
-                  @redirect_notify = true
                 end
                 progress_data.replace("")
                 break