diff --git a/lib/common/utils.js b/lib/common/utils.js
index 7665587..2a69999 100644
--- a/lib/common/utils.js
+++ b/lib/common/utils.js
@@ -181,7 +181,14 @@ function normalizeLink(url) {
 
   // Encoder throws exception on broken surrogate pairs.
   // Fix those first.
-  return encodeURI(fixBrokenSurrogates(normalized));
+
+  try {
+    return encodeURI(fixBrokenSurrogates(normalized));
+  } catch (__) {
+    // This should never happen and left for safety only.
+    /*istanbul ignore next*/
+    return '';
+  }
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////