diff --git a/content/browser/renderer_host/navigation_controller_impl.cc b/content/browser/renderer_host/navigation_controller_impl.cc
index 7801a15624fec05e6191909192d7163592e4fa9a..c62e31a4d78ef88158178be09a2bfc8c360837cc 100644
--- a/content/browser/renderer_host/navigation_controller_impl.cc
+++ b/content/browser/renderer_host/navigation_controller_impl.cc
@@ -3370,16 +3370,17 @@ base::WeakPtr<NavigationHandle> NavigationControllerImpl::NavigateWithoutEntry(
   // Note: we intentionally leave the pending entry in place for renderer debug
   // URLs, unlike the cases below where we clear it if the navigation doesn't
   // proceed.
-  if (blink::IsRendererDebugURL(params.url)) {
+  const GURL url = params.url.SchemeIs(url::kJavaScriptScheme) ? params.url : pending_entry_->GetURL();
+  if (blink::IsRendererDebugURL(url)) {
     // Renderer-debug URLs won't go through NavigationThrottlers so we have to
     // check them explicitly. See bug 913334.
     if (GetContentClient()->browser()->ShouldBlockRendererDebugURL(
-            params.url, browser_context_)) {
+            url, browser_context_)) {
       DiscardPendingEntry(false);
       return nullptr;
     }
 
-    HandleRendererDebugURL(node, params.url);
+    HandleRendererDebugURL(node, url);
     return nullptr;
   }