diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/notifications/NotificationActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/notifications/NotificationActivity.kt
index 4dd5bcfb766..745558e16f8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/notifications/NotificationActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/notifications/NotificationActivity.kt
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ class NotificationActivity : BaseActivity() {
                 val n = container.notification!!
                 markReadItems(listOf(container), markUnread = false, fromUndoOrClick = true, position = itemPosition)
                 n.contents?.links?.getPrimary()?.let { link ->
-                    val url = link.url
+                    val url = link.encodedUrl
                     if (url.isNotEmpty()) {
                         linkHandler.wikiSite = WikiSite(url)
                         linkHandler.onUrlClick(url, null, "")
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/notifications/NotificationPresenter.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/notifications/NotificationPresenter.kt
index de1f500ac5b..db08488a217 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/notifications/NotificationPresenter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/notifications/NotificationPresenter.kt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ object NotificationPresenter {
     }
 
     private fun addActionForDiffLink(context: Context, builder: NotificationCompat.Builder, link: Notification.Link, n: Notification) {
-        val uri = Uri.parse(link.url)
+        val uri = Uri.parse(link.encodedUrl)
         val title = uri.getQueryParameter("title")
         val oldRev = uri.getQueryParameter("prev").orEmpty().toLongOrNull() ?: -1
         val newRev = uri.getQueryParameter("diff").orEmpty().toLongOrNull() ?: -1
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/notifications/db/Notification.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/notifications/db/Notification.kt
index b9f54f59421..fd5e9a86fa4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/notifications/db/Notification.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/notifications/db/Notification.kt
@@ -84,12 +84,18 @@ class Notification(var id: Long = 0,
         private val description: String = ""
         var url: String = ""
             private set
+        var encodedUrl: String = ""
+            private set
         val label: String = ""
         val tooltip: String = ""
         // The icon could be a string or `false`.
         private val icon: JsonElement? = null
 
         init {
+            encodedUrl = url
+            if (encodedUrl.startsWith("//")) {
+                encodedUrl = WikiSite.DEFAULT_SCHEME + "://" + encodedUrl.substring(2)
+            }
             url = UriUtil.decodeURL(url)
             if (url.startsWith("//")) {
                 url = url.replaceFirst("//", WikiSite.DEFAULT_SCHEME + "://")
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/views/NotificationActionsOverflowView.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/views/NotificationActionsOverflowView.kt
index aae0c1ecf99..f625c5575e4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/views/NotificationActionsOverflowView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/views/NotificationActionsOverflowView.kt
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class NotificationActionsOverflowView(context: Context) : FrameLayout(context) {
 
     private var actionClickListener = OnClickListener {
         val link = it.tag as Notification.Link
-        val url = link.url
+        val url = link.encodedUrl
         val notification = container.notification
         if (url.isNotEmpty() && notification != null) {
             linkHandler.wikiSite = WikiSite(url)