diff --git a/core/modules/link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/LinkWidget.php b/core/modules/link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/LinkWidget.php
index f43735c..3a9c4b0 100644
--- a/core/modules/link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/LinkWidget.php
+++ b/core/modules/link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/LinkWidget.php
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ protected static function getUriAsDisplayableString($uri) {
     $uri = str_replace('<front>', '/', $uri);
 
     if ($scheme === 'user-path') {
-      $uri_reference = ltrim(explode(':', $uri, 2)[1], '/');
-      // We don't want to append "/" to ? and #, because they are special.
-      if (!$uri_reference && !in_array($uri_reference[0], ['?', '#', '/'])) {
+      $uri_reference = explode(':', $uri, 2)[1];
+      // Add / in case we don't start with ?, # and / already, which are the
+      // allowed characters to start with.
+      if (!($uri_reference && in_array($uri_reference[0], ['?', '#', '/']))) {
         $uri_reference = '/' . $uri_reference;
       }
     }