diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/utils/html.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/utils/html.py
index 8839b4a943..ebdd7b86ba 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/utils/html.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/utils/html.py
@@ -59,11 +59,12 @@ def extract_sub_links(
     for link in all_links:
         # Some may be absolute links like https://to/path
         if link.startswith("http"):
-            if not prevent_outside or link.startswith(base_url):
-                absolute_paths.add(link)
+            absolute_paths.add(link)
         # Some may have omitted the protocol like //to/path
         elif link.startswith("//"):
             absolute_paths.add(f"{urlparse(base_url).scheme}:{link}")
         else:
             absolute_paths.add(urljoin(base_url, link))
+    if prevent_outside:
+        return [p for p in absolute_paths if p.startswith(base_url)]
     return list(absolute_paths)
diff --git a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/utils/test_html.py b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/utils/test_html.py
index a5c42b6a34..eaaa3544e8 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/utils/test_html.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/utils/test_html.py
@@ -86,13 +86,8 @@ def test_extract_sub_links() -> None:
     actual = sorted(extract_sub_links(html, "https://foobar.com"))
     assert actual == expected
 
-    actual = sorted(extract_sub_links(html, "https://foobar.com/hello"))
-    expected = sorted(
-        [
-            "https://foobar.com/hello",
-            "https://foobar.com/how/are/you/doing",
-        ]
-    )
+    actual = extract_sub_links(html, "https://foobar.com/hello")
+    expected = ["https://foobar.com/hello"]
     assert actual == expected
 
     actual = sorted(