diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index b9f673c214..1cda059f6d 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ def decodeurl(url):
     user, password, parameters).
     """
 
-    m = re.compile('(?P<type>[^:]*)://((?P<user>.+)@)?(?P<location>[^;]+)(;(?P<parm>.*))?').match(url)
+    m = re.compile('(?P<type>[^:]*)://((?P<user>[^/]+)@)?(?P<location>[^;]+)(;(?P<parm>.*))?').match(url)
     if not m:
         raise MalformedUrl(url)
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
index 4bcff543fc..e134a31f12 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
@@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ class URLHandle(unittest.TestCase):
     datatable = {
        "http://www.google.com/index.html" : ('http', 'www.google.com', '/index.html', '', '', {}),
        "cvs://anoncvs@cvs.handhelds.org/cvs;module=familiar/dist/ipkg" : ('cvs', 'cvs.handhelds.org', '/cvs', 'anoncvs', '', {'module': 'familiar/dist/ipkg'}),
-       "cvs://anoncvs:anonymous@cvs.handhelds.org/cvs;tag=V0-99-81;module=familiar/dist/ipkg" : ('cvs', 'cvs.handhelds.org', '/cvs', 'anoncvs', 'anonymous', {'tag': 'V0-99-81', 'module': 'familiar/dist/ipkg'})
+       "cvs://anoncvs:anonymous@cvs.handhelds.org/cvs;tag=V0-99-81;module=familiar/dist/ipkg" : ('cvs', 'cvs.handhelds.org', '/cvs', 'anoncvs', 'anonymous', {'tag': 'V0-99-81', 'module': 'familiar/dist/ipkg'}),
+       "git://git.openembedded.org/bitbake;branch=@foo" : ('git', 'git.openembedded.org', '/bitbake', '', '', {'branch': '@foo'})
     }
 
     def test_decodeurl(self):