diff --git a/lib/mechanize/page.rb b/lib/mechanize/page.rb
index 094cf8cf..da4f87d7 100644
--- a/lib/mechanize/page.rb
+++ b/lib/mechanize/page.rb
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ def canonical_uri
     return unless link
     href = link['href']
 
-    URI(link['href'])
+    URI href
   rescue URI::InvalidURIError
-    URI Mechanize::Util.uri_escape link['href']
+    URI Mechanize::Util.uri_escape href
   end
 
   # Get the content type
diff --git a/test/test_mechanize_form_encoding.rb b/test/test_mechanize_form_encoding.rb
index e82c5ab4..23821c35 100644
--- a/test/test_mechanize_form_encoding.rb
+++ b/test/test_mechanize_form_encoding.rb
@@ -114,5 +114,5 @@ def test_post_form_logs_form_encoding
     assert_match ENCODING_LOG_MESSAGE, sio.string
 
     @agent.log = nil
-   end
+  end
 end