diff --git a/ext/curl/interface.c b/ext/curl/interface.c
index 7a70093db3f..ace8a5a9f5c 100644
--- a/ext/curl/interface.c
+++ b/ext/curl/interface.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static void _php_curl_close(zend_rsrc_list_entry *rsrc TSRMLS_DC);
 			RETURN_FALSE; 																		\
 		} 																						\
 																								\
-		if (php_check_open_basedir(tmp_url->path TSRMLS_CC) || 									\
+		if (tmp_url->query || php_check_open_basedir(tmp_url->path TSRMLS_CC) || 									\
 			(PG(safe_mode) && !php_checkuid(tmp_url->path, "rb+", CHECKUID_CHECK_MODE_PARAM))	\
 		) { 																					\
 			php_url_free(tmp_url); 																\