diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 9e7242691a..5e05e131d4 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package fasthttp
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"bytes"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -464,11 +463,10 @@ func (c *Client) Do(req *Request, resp *Response) error {
 	host := uri.Host()
 
 	isTLS := false
-	scheme := uri.Scheme()
-	if bytes.Equal(scheme, strHTTPS) {
+	if uri.isHttps() {
 		isTLS = true
-	} else if !bytes.Equal(scheme, strHTTP) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported protocol %q. http and https are supported", scheme)
+	} else if !uri.isHttp() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported protocol %q. http and https are supported", uri.Scheme())
 	}
 
 	startCleaner := false
@@ -1363,7 +1361,7 @@ func (c *HostClient) doNonNilReqResp(req *Request, resp *Response) (bool, error)
 	req.secureErrorLogMessage = c.SecureErrorLogMessage
 	req.Header.secureErrorLogMessage = c.SecureErrorLogMessage
 
-	if c.IsTLS != bytes.Equal(req.uri.Scheme(), strHTTPS) {
+	if c.IsTLS != req.uri.isHttps() {
 		return false, ErrHostClientRedirectToDifferentScheme
 	}
 
diff --git a/server_test.go b/server_test.go
index 1ffe3964fa..4a2951562f 100644
--- a/server_test.go
+++ b/server_test.go
@@ -1158,9 +1158,8 @@ func TestServerServeTLSEmbed(t *testing.T) {
 				ctx.Error("expecting tls", StatusBadRequest)
 				return
 			}
-			scheme := ctx.URI().Scheme()
-			if string(scheme) != "https" {
-				ctx.Error(fmt.Sprintf("unexpected scheme=%q. Expecting %q", scheme, "https"), StatusBadRequest)
+			if !ctx.URI().isHttps() {
+				ctx.Error(fmt.Sprintf("unexpected scheme=%q. Expecting %q", ctx.URI().Scheme(), "https"), StatusBadRequest)
 				return
 			}
 			ctx.WriteString("success") //nolint:errcheck
diff --git a/uri.go b/uri.go
index 2285f45d0d..d53175f4ec 100644
--- a/uri.go
+++ b/uri.go
@@ -216,6 +216,14 @@ func (u *URI) SetSchemeBytes(scheme []byte) {
 	lowercaseBytes(u.scheme)
 }
 
+func (u *URI) isHttps() bool {
+	return bytes.Equal(u.scheme, strHTTPS)
+}
+
+func (u *URI) isHttp() bool {
+	return len(u.scheme) == 0 || bytes.Equal(u.scheme, strHTTP)
+}
+
 // Reset clears uri.
 func (u *URI) Reset() {
 	u.pathOriginal = u.pathOriginal[:0]
@@ -282,14 +290,13 @@ func (u *URI) parse(host, uri []byte, isTLS bool) error {
 
 	if len(host) == 0 || bytes.Contains(uri, strColonSlashSlash) {
 		scheme, newHost, newURI := splitHostURI(host, uri)
-		u.scheme = append(u.scheme, scheme...)
-		lowercaseBytes(u.scheme)
+		u.SetSchemeBytes(scheme)
 		host = newHost
 		uri = newURI
 	}
 
 	if isTLS {
-		u.scheme = append(u.scheme[:0], strHTTPS...)
+		u.SetSchemeBytes(strHTTPS)
 	}
 
 	if n := bytes.IndexByte(host, '@'); n >= 0 {
diff --git a/uri_test.go b/uri_test.go
index fc0b2ef0cd..a605b46219 100644
--- a/uri_test.go
+++ b/uri_test.go
@@ -310,6 +310,29 @@ func testURIParseScheme(t *testing.T, uri, expectedScheme, expectedHost, expecte
 	}
 }
 
+func TestIsHttp(t *testing.T) {
+	var u URI
+	if !u.isHttp() || u.isHttps() {
+		t.Fatalf("http scheme is assumed by default and not https")
+	}
+	u.SetSchemeBytes([]byte{})
+	if !u.isHttp() || u.isHttps() {
+		t.Fatalf("empty scheme must be threaten as http and not https")
+	}
+	u.SetScheme("http")
+	if !u.isHttp() || u.isHttps() {
+		t.Fatalf("scheme must be threaten as http and not https")
+	}
+	u.SetScheme("https")
+	if !u.isHttps() || u.isHttp() {
+		t.Fatalf("scheme must be threaten as https and not http")
+	}
+	u.SetScheme("dav")
+	if u.isHttps() || u.isHttp() {
+		t.Fatalf("scheme must be threaten as not http and not https")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestURIParse(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()