diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/util/RemoteUrl.java b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/util/RemoteUrl.java
index 18fb97299f..a2f5b5a114 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/util/RemoteUrl.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/util/RemoteUrl.java
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.net.URLConnection;
-import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.net.*;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.security.KeyManagementException;
@@ -109,42 +106,45 @@ public static String urlToString(String url, List<AuthorizationValue> auths) thr
         BufferedReader br = null;
 
         try {
-            final URL inUrl = new URL(cleanUrl(url));
-            final List<AuthorizationValue> query = new ArrayList<>();
-            final List<AuthorizationValue> header = new ArrayList<>();
-            if (auths != null && auths.size() > 0) {
-                for (AuthorizationValue auth : auths) {
-                    if ("query".equals(auth.getType())) {
-                        appendValue(inUrl, auth, query);
-                    } else if ("header".equals(auth.getType())) {
-                        appendValue(inUrl, auth, header);
+            URLConnection conn;
+            do {
+                final URL inUrl = new URL(cleanUrl(url));
+                final List<AuthorizationValue> query = new ArrayList<>();
+                final List<AuthorizationValue> header = new ArrayList<>();
+                if (auths != null && auths.size() > 0) {
+                    for (AuthorizationValue auth : auths) {
+                        if ("query".equals(auth.getType())) {
+                            appendValue(inUrl, auth, query);
+                        } else if ("header".equals(auth.getType())) {
+                            appendValue(inUrl, auth, header);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
-            }
-            final URLConnection conn;
-            if (!query.isEmpty()) {
-                final URI inUri = inUrl.toURI();
-                final StringBuilder newQuery = new StringBuilder(inUri.getQuery() == null ? "" : inUri.getQuery());
-                for (AuthorizationValue item : query) {
-                    if (newQuery.length() > 0) {
-                        newQuery.append("&");
+                if (!query.isEmpty()) {
+                    final URI inUri = inUrl.toURI();
+                    final StringBuilder newQuery = new StringBuilder(inUri.getQuery() == null ? "" : inUri.getQuery());
+                    for (AuthorizationValue item : query) {
+                        if (newQuery.length() > 0) {
+                            newQuery.append("&");
+                        }
+                        newQuery.append(URLEncoder.encode(item.getKeyName(), UTF_8.name())).append("=")
+                                .append(URLEncoder.encode(item.getValue(), UTF_8.name()));
                     }
-                    newQuery.append(URLEncoder.encode(item.getKeyName(), UTF_8.name())).append("=")
-                            .append(URLEncoder.encode(item.getValue(), UTF_8.name()));
+                    conn = new URI(inUri.getScheme(), inUri.getAuthority(), inUri.getPath(), newQuery.toString(),
+                            inUri.getFragment()).toURL().openConnection();
+                } else {
+                    conn = inUrl.openConnection();
+                }
+                CONNECTION_CONFIGURATOR.process(conn);
+                for (AuthorizationValue item : header) {
+                    conn.setRequestProperty(item.getKeyName(), item.getValue());
                 }
-                conn = new URI(inUri.getScheme(), inUri.getAuthority(), inUri.getPath(), newQuery.toString(),
-                        inUri.getFragment()).toURL().openConnection();
-            } else {
-                conn = inUrl.openConnection();
-            }
-            CONNECTION_CONFIGURATOR.process(conn);
-            for (AuthorizationValue item : header) {
-                conn.setRequestProperty(item.getKeyName(), item.getValue());
-            }
 
-            conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", ACCEPT_HEADER_VALUE);
-            conn.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", USER_AGENT_HEADER_VALUE);
-            conn.connect();
+                conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", ACCEPT_HEADER_VALUE);
+                conn.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", USER_AGENT_HEADER_VALUE);
+                conn.connect();
+                url = ((HttpURLConnection) conn).getHeaderField("Location");
+            } while (301 == ((HttpURLConnection) conn).getResponseCode());
             InputStream in = conn.getInputStream();
 
             StringBuilder contents = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser/src/test/java/io/swagger/parser/OpenAPIParserTest.java b/modules/swagger-parser/src/test/java/io/swagger/parser/OpenAPIParserTest.java
index 0ccb24212c..ea2422c112 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser/src/test/java/io/swagger/parser/OpenAPIParserTest.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser/src/test/java/io/swagger/parser/OpenAPIParserTest.java
@@ -352,4 +352,15 @@ public void testIssue813() throws Exception {
         assertTrue(result.getOpenAPI() != null);
 
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIssue844() {
+        OpenAPIParser openApiParser = new OpenAPIParser();
+        ParseOptions options = new ParseOptions();
+        options.setResolve(true);
+
+        OpenAPI openAPI = openApiParser.readLocation("reusableParametersWithExternalRef.json", null, options).getOpenAPI();
+        assertNotNull(openAPI);
+        assertEquals(openAPI.getPaths().get("/pets/{id}").getGet().getParameters().get(0).getIn(), "header");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser/src/test/resources/reusableParametersWithExternalRef.json b/modules/swagger-parser/src/test/resources/reusableParametersWithExternalRef.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc63918fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser/src/test/resources/reusableParametersWithExternalRef.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "openapi": "3.0.1",
+  "info": {
+    "version": "1.0.9-abcd",
+    "title": "Swagger Sample API Reusable Parameters"
+  },
+  "paths": {
+    "/pets/{id}": {
+      "get": {
+        "description": "Returns pets based on ID",
+        "summary": "Find pets by ID",
+        "operationId": "getPetsById",
+        "parameters": [
+          { "$ref": "http://docs.baikalplatform.com/common/v2.0/common.json#/parameters/x-correlator" }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "pet response"
+          },
+          "default": {
+            "description": "error payload"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
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