diff --git a/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
index 9b7bd94c3a2..f7d5ca08c05 100644
--- a/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 class SessionsController < Devise::SessionsController
 
   def new
-    if request.referer.present?
-      store_location_for(:redirect, URI(request.referer).path)
-    end
+    redirect_url = if request.referer.present?
+                     referer_uri = URI(request.referer)
+                     if referer_uri.host == Gitlab.config.gitlab.host
+                       referer_uri.path
+                     else
+                       request.fullpath
+                     end
+                   else
+                     request.fullpath
+                   end
+
+    store_location_for(:redirect, redirect_url)
 
     super
   end
diff --git a/features/steps/project/redirects.rb b/features/steps/project/redirects.rb
index 25d37fd7888..7e01735af95 100644
--- a/features/steps/project/redirects.rb
+++ b/features/steps/project/redirects.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Spinach::Features::ProjectRedirects < Spinach::FeatureSteps
   end
 
   step 'I should see project "Community" home page' do
+    Gitlab.config.gitlab.stub(:host).and_return("www.example.com")
     within '.project-home-title' do
       page.should have_content 'Community'
     end