diff --git a/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/util/HttpImageLoader.java b/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/util/HttpImageLoader.java
index 97637c72322c5b58ef4545cfdaba90a2ae7c1286..a0cf59ecaef4ea9f185d38a7aab5fa0297c7c38c 100644
--- a/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/util/HttpImageLoader.java
+++ b/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/util/HttpImageLoader.java
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ public class HttpImageLoader implements Callbacks {
         Bitmap icon = null;
         try {
             URL url = new URL(imageUrl);
+            if (url.getPort() <= 0)
+                return null;
             urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
             InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(urlConnection.getInputStream());
             icon = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(in);