diff --git a/celery/backends/filesystem.py b/celery/backends/filesystem.py
index d0aee69efc0..e25704b9f99 100644
--- a/celery/backends/filesystem.py
+++ b/celery/backends/filesystem.py
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ def __init__(self, url=None, open=open, unlink=os.unlink, sep=os.sep,
     def _find_path(self, url):
         if not url:
             raise ImproperlyConfigured(E_NO_PATH_SET)
-        if url.startswith('file:///'):
-            return url[7:]
         if url.startswith('file://localhost/'):
             return url[16:]
+        if url.startswith('file://'):
+            return url[7:]
         raise ImproperlyConfigured(E_PATH_NON_CONFORMING_SCHEME)
 
     def _do_directory_test(self, key):