diff --git a/src/com/android/browser/BrowserActivity.java b/src/com/android/browser/BrowserActivity.java
index 47f12e3..1c89640 100644
--- a/src/com/android/browser/BrowserActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/browser/BrowserActivity.java
@@ -4384,7 +4384,7 @@
       return 0;
     }
 
-    static final Pattern ACCEPTED_URI_SCHEMA = Pattern.compile(
+    protected static final Pattern ACCEPTED_URI_SCHEMA = Pattern.compile(
             "(?i)" + // switch on case insensitive matching
             "(" +    // begin group for schema
             "(?:http|https|file):\\/\\/" +
diff --git a/src/com/android/browser/BrowserHomepagePreference.java b/src/com/android/browser/BrowserHomepagePreference.java
index d4708c3..7324f24 100644
--- a/src/com/android/browser/BrowserHomepagePreference.java
+++ b/src/com/android/browser/BrowserHomepagePreference.java
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
         if (dialog != null) {
             String url = s.toString();
             dialog.getButton(DialogInterface.BUTTON_POSITIVE).setEnabled(
-                    url.length() == 0 || url.equals("about:blank") ||
-                    Regex.WEB_URL_PATTERN.matcher(url).matches());
+                url.length() == 0 || 
+                BrowserActivity.ACCEPTED_URI_SCHEMA.matcher(url).matches());
         }
     }