diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 1fa072d..9a0ded6 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -446,6 +446,10 @@ func (c *Client) DoRedirects(req *Request, resp *Response, maxRedirectsCount int
 // and AcquireResponse in performance-critical code.
 func (c *Client) Do(req *Request, resp *Response) error {
 	uri := req.URI()
+	if uri == nil {
+		return ErrorInvalidURI
+	}
+
 	host := uri.Host()
 
 	isTLS := false
@@ -910,7 +914,9 @@ func doRequestFollowRedirects(req *Request, resp *Response, url string, maxRedir
 
 	for {
 		req.SetRequestURI(url)
-		req.parseURI()
+		if err := req.parseURI(); err != nil {
+			return 0, nil, err
+		}
 
 		if err = c.Do(req, resp); err != nil {
 			break
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index a2a0c95..28ba09d 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -729,13 +729,13 @@ func (req *Request) URI() *URI {
 	return &req.uri
 }
 
-func (req *Request) parseURI() {
+func (req *Request) parseURI() error {
 	if req.parsedURI {
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 	req.parsedURI = true
 
-	req.uri.parse(req.Header.Host(), req.Header.RequestURI(), req.isTLS)
+	return req.uri.parse(req.Header.Host(), req.Header.RequestURI(), req.isTLS)
 }
 
 // PostArgs returns POST arguments.
diff --git a/uri.go b/uri.go
index a8b915a..0e6eb1b 100644
--- a/uri.go
+++ b/uri.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package fasthttp
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"sync"
 )
@@ -250,21 +251,25 @@ func (u *URI) SetHostBytes(host []byte) {
 	lowercaseBytes(u.host)
 }
 
+var (
+	ErrorInvalidURI = errors.New("invalid uri")
+)
+
 // Parse initializes URI from the given host and uri.
 //
 // host may be nil. In this case uri must contain fully qualified uri,
 // i.e. with scheme and host. http is assumed if scheme is omitted.
 //
 // uri may contain e.g. RequestURI without scheme and host if host is non-empty.
-func (u *URI) Parse(host, uri []byte) {
-	u.parse(host, uri, false)
+func (u *URI) Parse(host, uri []byte) error {
+	return u.parse(host, uri, false)
 }
 
-func (u *URI) parse(host, uri []byte, isTLS bool) {
+func (u *URI) parse(host, uri []byte, isTLS bool) error {
 	u.Reset()
 
 	if stringContainsCTLByte(uri) {
-		return
+		return ErrorInvalidURI
 	}
 
 	if len(host) == 0 || bytes.Contains(uri, strColonSlashSlash) {
@@ -306,7 +311,7 @@ func (u *URI) parse(host, uri []byte, isTLS bool) {
 	if queryIndex < 0 && fragmentIndex < 0 {
 		u.pathOriginal = append(u.pathOriginal, b...)
 		u.path = normalizePath(u.path, u.pathOriginal)
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	if queryIndex >= 0 {
@@ -320,7 +325,7 @@ func (u *URI) parse(host, uri []byte, isTLS bool) {
 			u.queryString = append(u.queryString, b[queryIndex+1:fragmentIndex]...)
 			u.hash = append(u.hash, b[fragmentIndex+1:]...)
 		}
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	// fragmentIndex >= 0 && queryIndex < 0
@@ -328,6 +333,8 @@ func (u *URI) parse(host, uri []byte, isTLS bool) {
 	u.pathOriginal = append(u.pathOriginal, b[:fragmentIndex]...)
 	u.path = normalizePath(u.path, u.pathOriginal)
 	u.hash = append(u.hash, b[fragmentIndex+1:]...)
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func normalizePath(dst, src []byte) []byte {
@@ -470,7 +477,9 @@ func (u *URI) updateBytes(newURI, buf []byte) []byte {
 		if len(u.scheme) > 0 {
 			schemeOriginal = append([]byte(nil), u.scheme...)
 		}
-		u.Parse(nil, newURI)
+		if err := u.Parse(nil, newURI); err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
 		if len(schemeOriginal) > 0 && len(u.scheme) == 0 {
 			u.scheme = append(u.scheme[:0], schemeOriginal...)
 		}
@@ -481,7 +490,9 @@ func (u *URI) updateBytes(newURI, buf []byte) []byte {
 		// uri without host
 		buf = u.appendSchemeHost(buf[:0])
 		buf = append(buf, newURI...)
-		u.Parse(nil, buf)
+		if err := u.Parse(nil, buf); err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return buf
 	}
 
@@ -505,7 +516,9 @@ func (u *URI) updateBytes(newURI, buf []byte) []byte {
 		buf = u.appendSchemeHost(buf[:0])
 		buf = appendQuotedPath(buf, path[:n+1])
 		buf = append(buf, newURI...)
-		u.Parse(nil, buf)
+		if err := u.Parse(nil, buf); err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return buf
 	}
 }