diff --git a/aiohttp/web_exceptions.py b/aiohttp/web_exceptions.py
index ad1728002a9..4d205299126 100644
--- a/aiohttp/web_exceptions.py
+++ b/aiohttp/web_exceptions.py
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ def __init__(self,
             raise ValueError("HTTP redirects need a location to redirect to.")
         super().__init__(headers=headers, reason=reason,
                          body=body, text=text, content_type=content_type)
-        self.location = URL(location)
-        self.headers['Location'] = str(self.location)
+        self.headers['Location'] = str(URL(location))
+        self.location = location
 
 
 class HTTPMultipleChoices(_HTTPMove):