diff --git a/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js b/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js
index f3710ae23..3961eef58 100644
--- a/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js
+++ b/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js
@@ -475,22 +475,23 @@ class NormalModuleFactory extends ModuleFactory {
 					return continueCallback();
 				}
 
-				normalResolver.resolve(
-					contextInfo,
-					context,
-					unresolvedResource,
-					resolveContext,
-					(err, resolvedResource, resolvedResourceResolveData) => {
-						if (err) {
-							if (!isDataURI(unresolvedResource)) return continueCallback(err);
-
-							resolvedResource = unresolvedResource;
+				if (isDataURI(unresolvedResource)) {
+					resource = unresolvedResource;
+					continueCallback();
+				} else {
+					normalResolver.resolve(
+						contextInfo,
+						context,
+						unresolvedResource,
+						resolveContext,
+						(err, resolvedResource, resolvedResourceResolveData) => {
+							if (err) return continueCallback(err);
+							resource = resolvedResource;
+							resourceResolveData = resolvedResourceResolveData;
+							continueCallback();
 						}
-						resource = resolvedResource;
-						resourceResolveData = resolvedResourceResolveData;
-						continueCallback();
-					}
-				);
+					);
+				}
 			}
 		);
 	}