diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/servlets/get/impl/RedirectServlet.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/servlets/get/impl/RedirectServlet.java
index 376b77e..b1d612b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/servlets/get/impl/RedirectServlet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/servlets/get/impl/RedirectServlet.java
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@
             targetPath = targetResource.adaptTo(String.class);
         }
 
-        boolean absolute = false;
         // if we got a target path, make it external and redirect to it
         if (targetPath != null) {
             if (!isUrl(targetPath)) {
@@ -161,7 +160,6 @@
                 // just append any selectors, extension, suffix and query string
                 targetPath = appendSelectorsExtensionSuffixQuery(request,
                     new StringBuilder(targetPath)).toString();
-                absolute = true;
             }
 
             final int status = getStatus(valueMap);
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@
             // into an absolute URI.
             response.reset();
             response.setStatus(status);
-            response.setHeader("Location", absolute ? targetPath : response.encodeRedirectURL(targetPath));
+            response.setHeader("Location", isUrl(targetPath) ? targetPath : response.encodeRedirectURL(targetPath));
             response.flushBuffer();
 
             return;