diff --git a/registry/storage/schema2manifesthandler.go b/registry/storage/schema2manifesthandler.go
index 6456efa4e..fc7cc6ebc 100644
--- a/registry/storage/schema2manifesthandler.go
+++ b/registry/storage/schema2manifesthandler.go
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ func (ms *schema2ManifestHandler) verifyManifest(ctx context.Context, mnfst sche
 					pu, err = url.Parse(u)
 					if err != nil || (pu.Scheme != "http" && pu.Scheme != "https") || pu.Fragment != "" {
 						err = errInvalidURL
+						break
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/registry/storage/schema2manifesthandler_test.go b/registry/storage/schema2manifesthandler_test.go
index c2f61edf4..766b45354 100644
--- a/registry/storage/schema2manifesthandler_test.go
+++ b/registry/storage/schema2manifesthandler_test.go
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ func TestVerifyManifestForeignLayer(t *testing.T) {
 			[]string{"https://foo/bar", ""},
 			errInvalidURL,
 		},
+		{
+			foreignLayer,
+			[]string{"", "https://foo/bar"},
+			errInvalidURL,
+		},
 		{
 			foreignLayer,
 			[]string{"http://foo/bar"},