diff --git a/lib/url.js b/lib/url.js
index 52c39038767012..f5edd893335f91 100644
--- a/lib/url.js
+++ b/lib/url.js
@@ -1041,8 +1041,8 @@ Object.defineProperty(Url.prototype, 'host', {
         this._port = -1;
         this._hostname = this._host = encodeURIComponent(host);
       }
+      this._href = '';
     }
-    this._href = '';
   },
   enumerable: true,
   configurable: true
@@ -1068,8 +1068,9 @@ Object.defineProperty(Url.prototype, 'hostname', {
         this._host = hostname + ':' + this._port;
       else
         this._host = hostname;
+
+      this._href = '';
     }
-    this._href = '';
   },
   enumerable: true,
   configurable: true
@@ -1088,8 +1089,8 @@ Object.defineProperty(Url.prototype, 'hash', {
         hash = '#' + hash;
       }
       this._hash = hash;
+      this._href = '';
     }
-    this._href = '';
   },
   enumerable: true,
   configurable: true
@@ -1113,8 +1114,8 @@ Object.defineProperty(Url.prototype, 'search', {
       if (this._parsesQueryStrings) {
         this.query = querystring.parse(search.slice(1));
       }
+      this._href = '';
     }
-    this._href = '';
   },
   enumerable: true,
   configurable: true
@@ -1137,8 +1138,8 @@ Object.defineProperty(Url.prototype, 'pathname', {
       }
 
       this._pathname = pathname;
+      this._href = '';
     }
-    this._href = '';
   },
   enumerable: true,
   configurable: true