diff --git a/lib/urlapi.c b/lib/urlapi.c
index 5c943c52ca..6d116b61bf 100644
--- a/lib/urlapi.c
+++ b/lib/urlapi.c
@@ -1295,8 +1295,7 @@ CURLUcode curl_url_get(CURLU *u, CURLUPart what,
         }
       }
       else if(urlencode) {
-        int hostlen = (int)strlen(u->host);
-        allochost = curl_easy_escape(NULL, u->host, hostlen);
+        allochost = curl_easy_escape(NULL, u->host, 0);
         if(!allochost)
           return CURLUE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
       }
diff --git a/tests/data/test1560 b/tests/data/test1560
index e8767b27bf..f6722fd419 100644
--- a/tests/data/test1560
+++ b/tests/data/test1560
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <info>
 <keywords>
 unittest
-URL API
+URLAPI
 </keywords>
 </info>