diff --git a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/GitlabAuthorizingFileContentProvider.java b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/GitlabAuthorizingFileContentProvider.java
index 9cb713abf7..b3115c7f64 100644
--- a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/GitlabAuthorizingFileContentProvider.java
+++ b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/GitlabAuthorizingFileContentProvider.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class GitlabAuthorizingFileContentProvider extends AuthorizingFileContentProvide
   @Override
   protected boolean isPublicRepository(GitlabUrl remoteFactoryUrl) {
     try {
-      urlFetcher.fetch(remoteFactoryUrl.getHostName() + '/' + remoteFactoryUrl.getSubGroups());
+      urlFetcher.fetch(remoteFactoryUrl.getProviderUrl() + '/' + remoteFactoryUrl.getSubGroups());
       return true;
     } catch (IOException e) {
       return false;
diff --git a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/GitlabAuthorizingFileContentProviderTest.java b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/GitlabAuthorizingFileContentProviderTest.java
index 0ba01840d0..1b9b84e14f 100644
--- a/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/GitlabAuthorizingFileContentProviderTest.java
+++ b/wsmaster/che-core-api-factory-gitlab/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/api/factory/server/gitlab/GitlabAuthorizingFileContentProviderTest.java
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.scm.PersonalAccessToken;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.scm.PersonalAccessTokenManager;
+import org.eclipse.che.api.factory.server.scm.exception.UnknownScmProviderException;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.FileContentProvider;
 import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.URLFetcher;
+import org.eclipse.che.api.workspace.server.devfile.exception.DevfileException;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.mockito.testng.MockitoTestNGListener;
@@ -59,4 +63,19 @@ public void shouldPreserveAbsolutePaths() throws Exception {
     fileContentProvider.fetchContent(url);
     verify(urlFetcher).fetch(eq(url), eq("Bearer my-token"));
   }
+
+  @Test (expectedExceptions = FileNotFoundException.class)
+  public void shouldThrowFileNotFoundException() throws Exception {
+    // given
+    URLFetcher urlFetcher = Mockito.mock(URLFetcher.class);
+    when(urlFetcher.fetch(eq("https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/eclipse%2Fche/repository/files/devfile.yaml/raw?ref=HEAD"))).thenThrow(new FileNotFoundException());
+    when(urlFetcher.fetch(eq("https://gitlab.com/eclipse/che"))).thenReturn("content");
+    when(personalAccessTokenManager.getAndStore(anyString())).thenThrow(new UnknownScmProviderException("", ""));
+    GitlabUrl gitlabUrl = new GitlabUrl().withHostName("gitlab.com").withSubGroups("eclipse/che");
+    FileContentProvider fileContentProvider =
+        new GitlabAuthorizingFileContentProvider(gitlabUrl, urlFetcher, personalAccessTokenManager);
+
+    // when
+    fileContentProvider.fetchContent("devfile.yaml");
+  }
 }