diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c
index 9910828f45..1f5a4b6a86 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c
@@ -2009,7 +2009,7 @@ PROXY_DECLARE(const char *) ap_proxy_de_socketfy(apr_pool_t *p, const char *url)
      * the UDS path... ignore it
      */
     if (!ap_cstr_casecmpn(url, "unix:", 5) &&
-        ((ptr = ap_strchr_c(url, '|')) != NULL)) {
+        ((ptr = ap_strchr_c(url + 5, '|')) != NULL)) {
         /* move past the 'unix:...|' UDS path info */
         const char *ret, *c;