diff --git a/phpBB/profile.php b/phpBB/profile.php
index 090a06d93d..b609743381 100644
--- a/phpBB/profile.php
+++ b/phpBB/profile.php
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ if( isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['mode']) || isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['mode']) )
 					$user_avatar_remoteurl = "http://" . $user_avatar_remoteurl;
 				}
 
-				if( preg_match("#^http:\/\/[a-z0-9\-]+\.([a-z0-9\-]+\.)?[a-z]+\/.*?\.(gif|jpg|png)$#is", $user_avatar_remoteurl) )
+				if( preg_match("#^(http:\/\/[a-z0-9\-]+?\.([a-z0-9\-]+\.)*[a-z]+\/.*?\.(gif|jpg|png)$)#is", $user_avatar_remoteurl) )
 				{
 					$avatar_sql = ", user_avatar = '" . str_replace("\'", "''", $user_avatar_remoteurl) . "', user_avatar_type = " . USER_AVATAR_REMOTE;
 				}