diff --git a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
index 7126171f0545..13c6131680ec 100644
--- a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
+++ b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
@@ -13674,7 +13674,7 @@ nsDocShell::OnOverLink(nsIContent* aContent,
   }
 
   nsAutoCString spec;
-  rv = aURI->GetSpec(spec);
+  rv = aURI->GetDisplaySpec(spec);
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
 
   NS_ConvertUTF8toUTF16 uStr(spec);