diff --git a/src/View/Components/Avatar.php b/src/View/Components/Avatar.php
index b099a567a2..e64fbd653b 100644
--- a/src/View/Components/Avatar.php
+++ b/src/View/Components/Avatar.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace Filament\View\Components;
 
 use Filament\Filament;
-use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use function Filament\get_image_url;
 use Illuminate\View\Component;
 
@@ -35,10 +34,6 @@ class Avatar extends Component
             return Filament::avatarProvider()->get($this->user, $this->size, $dpr);
         }
 
-        if (Str::startsWith($avatar, ['http://', 'https://'])) {
-            return $avatar;
-        }
-
         return get_image_url(
             $avatar,
             [
diff --git a/src/helpers.php b/src/helpers.php
index 8596f21393..301fb32643 100644
--- a/src/helpers.php
+++ b/src/helpers.php
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ if (! function_exists('Filament\get_asset_id')) {
 if (! function_exists('Filament\get_image_url')) {
     function get_image_url($path, $manipulations = [])
     {
+        if (
+            Str::startsWith($path, ['http://', 'https://'])
+            && filter_var($path, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)
+        ) {
+            return $path;
+        }
+
         $urlBuilder = UrlBuilderFactory::create('', config('app.key'));
 
         return route('filament.image', ['path' => ltrim($urlBuilder->getUrl($path, $manipulations), '/')]);
@@ -69,7 +76,7 @@ if (! function_exists('Filament\get_media_contents')) {
     function get_media_contents($path)
     {
         $disk = Storage::disk(config('filament.default_filesystem_disk'));
-        
+
         if (! $disk->exists($path)) {
             return;
         }