diff --git a/Applications/Browser/Tab.cpp b/Applications/Browser/Tab.cpp
index 66888a8625..c475cd993e 100644
--- a/Applications/Browser/Tab.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Browser/Tab.cpp
@@ -228,8 +228,11 @@ Tab::Tab()
 
     m_statusbar = widget.add<GUI::StatusBar>();
 
-    m_page_view->on_link_hover = [this](auto& href) {
-        m_statusbar->set_text(href);
+    m_page_view->on_link_hover = [this](auto& url) {
+        if (url.is_valid())
+            m_statusbar->set_text(url.to_string());
+        else
+            m_statusbar->set_text("");
     };
 
     m_page_view->on_url_drop = [this](auto& url) {
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/PageView.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/PageView.cpp
index 56b7acf430..204c72c177 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/PageView.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/PageView.cpp
@@ -232,11 +232,13 @@ void PageView::page_did_leave_tooltip_area()
 void PageView::page_did_hover_link(const URL& url)
 {
     if (on_link_hover)
-        on_link_hover(url.to_string());
+        on_link_hover(url);
 }
 
 void PageView::page_did_unhover_link()
 {
+    if (on_link_hover)
+        on_link_hover({});
 }
 
 void PageView::page_did_invalidate(const Gfx::IntRect&)
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/PageView.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/PageView.h
index fc6a6e3f14..f837764269 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/PageView.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/PageView.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public:
     Function<void(const String& href, const String& target, unsigned modifiers)> on_link_click;
     Function<void(const String& href, const Gfx::IntPoint& screen_position)> on_link_context_menu_request;
     Function<void(const String& href)> on_link_middle_click;
-    Function<void(const String&)> on_link_hover;
+    Function<void(const URL&)> on_link_hover;
     Function<void(const String&)> on_title_change;
     Function<void(const URL&)> on_load_start;
     Function<void(const Gfx::Bitmap&)> on_favicon_change;