diff --git a/libview/ev-view.c b/libview/ev-view.c
index c8145ff..c575831 100644
--- a/libview/ev-view.c
+++ b/libview/ev-view.c
@@ -5752,7 +5752,7 @@ ev_view_previous_page (EvView *view)
 		
 static gint is_unchanged_uri_char(char c)
 {
-  return isalnum(c);
+	return ((c == '%') || isalnum(c));
 }
 
 static void encode_uri(gchar *encoded_uri, gint bufsize, const gchar *uri)