diff --git a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/GitSCM.java b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/GitSCM.java
index 50adb86c74..cfb6417d40 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/GitSCM.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/GitSCM.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.AbstractList;
@@ -104,7 +105,6 @@
 import hudson.Util;
 import hudson.plugins.git.extensions.impl.ScmName;
 import hudson.util.LogTaskListener;
-import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -1409,8 +1409,7 @@ void abortIfSourceIsLocal() throws AbortException {
     private static boolean isRemoteUrlValid(String remoteUrl) {
         if (remoteUrl == null) {
             return true;
-        }
-        if (remoteUrl.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).startsWith("file://")) {
+        } else if (remoteUrl.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).startsWith("file://")) {
             return false;
         }
         try {