diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js
index c929fcc649c9f11..1b78466352a8ee1 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js
@@ -29,23 +29,23 @@ const {
 
 const DATA_URL_PATTERN = /^[^/]+\/[^,;]+(?:[^,]*?)(;base64)?,([\s\S]*)$/;
 
-async function getSource(url, context) {
-  const parsed = new URL(url);
-  let responseURL = url;
+async function getSource(parsed, context) {
+  const protocol = parsed.protocol;
+  let responseURL = parsed.href;
   let source;
-  if (parsed.protocol === 'file:') {
+  if (protocol === 'file:') {
     const { readFile: readFileAsync } = require('internal/fs/promises').exports;
     source = await readFileAsync(parsed);
-  } else if (parsed.protocol === 'data:') {
+  } else if (protocol === 'data:') {
     const match = RegExpPrototypeExec(DATA_URL_PATTERN, parsed.pathname);
     if (!match) {
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_URL(url);
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_URL(parsed.href);
     }
     const { 1: base64, 2: body } = match;
     source = BufferFrom(decodeURIComponent(body), base64 ? 'base64' : 'utf8');
   } else if (experimentalNetworkImports && (
-    parsed.protocol === 'https:' ||
-    parsed.protocol === 'http:'
+    protocol === 'https:' ||
+    protocol === 'http:'
   )) {
     const { fetchModule } = require('internal/modules/esm/fetch_module');
     const res = await fetchModule(parsed, context);
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ async function defaultLoad(url, context = kEmptyObject) {
   ) {
     source = null;
   } else if (source == null) {
-    ({ responseURL, source } = await getSource(url, context));
+    ({ responseURL, source } = await getSource(urlInstance, context));
   }
 
   return {