diff --git a/resources/ext.popups.core.js b/resources/ext.popups.core.js
index 653b9aaa8..4282f327d 100644
--- a/resources/ext.popups.core.js
+++ b/resources/ext.popups.core.js
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 			// No popup if scrolling or on certain kinds of links.
 			if (
 				mw.popups.scrolled || // Prevents hovering on popups while scrolling
+				!href ||
 				href.indexOf( '?' ) !== -1 ||
 				href.indexOf( 'javascript:' ) === 0 || // jshint ignore:line
 				href.indexOf( location.origin + location.pathname + '#' ) === 0