diff --git a/.github/workflows/codspeed.yml b/.github/workflows/codspeed.yml
index 796d44994..6bb94fc1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codspeed.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codspeed.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   benchmarks:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/src/validators/url.rs b/src/validators/url.rs
index 634d1ce43..46bab20c1 100644
--- a/src/validators/url.rs
+++ b/src/validators/url.rs
@@ -544,8 +544,9 @@ fn check_sub_defaults(
         error: e.to_string(),
         context: None,
     };
-    if let Some(ref default_host) = default_host {
-        if !url.url().has_host() {
+
+    if !url.url().has_host() {
+        if let Some(ref default_host) = default_host {
             url.url_mut().set_host(Some(default_host)).map_err(map_parse_err)?;
         } else if host_required {
             return Err(ErrorType::UrlParsing {
diff --git a/tests/validators/test_url.py b/tests/validators/test_url.py
index 1c349885e..59489dd00 100644
--- a/tests/validators/test_url.py
+++ b/tests/validators/test_url.py
@@ -287,6 +287,12 @@ def test_url_defaults_single_url(validator_kwargs, url, expected):
     url_test_case_helper(url, expected, SCHEMA_VALIDATOR_MODE, s)
 
 
+def test_url_host_required():
+    s = SchemaValidator(core_schema.url_schema(host_required=True))
+    url_test_case_helper('test:', Err('empty host'), SCHEMA_VALIDATOR_MODE, s)
+    url_test_case_helper('sftp://', Err('empty host'), SCHEMA_VALIDATOR_MODE, s)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'validator_kwargs,url,expected',
     [