diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index b4c33236cd..84909f0372 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -2250,11 +2250,15 @@ static CURLcode parse_proxy(struct Curl_easy *data,
 
   /* Is there a username and password given in this proxy url? */
   uc = curl_url_get(uhp, CURLUPART_USER, &proxyuser, CURLU_URLDECODE);
-  if(uc && (uc != CURLUE_NO_USER))
+  if(uc && (uc != CURLUE_NO_USER)) {
+    result = Curl_uc_to_curlcode(uc);
     goto error;
+  }
   uc = curl_url_get(uhp, CURLUPART_PASSWORD, &proxypasswd, CURLU_URLDECODE);
-  if(uc && (uc != CURLUE_NO_PASSWORD))
+  if(uc && (uc != CURLUE_NO_PASSWORD)) {
+    result = Curl_uc_to_curlcode(uc);
     goto error;
+  }
 
   if(proxyuser || proxypasswd) {
     curlx_free(proxyinfo->user);