diff --git a/DNN Platform/Library/Entities/Portals/PortalAliasExtensions.cs b/DNN Platform/Library/Entities/Portals/PortalAliasExtensions.cs
index c578ffe6961..4b6ee7a0d93 100644
--- a/DNN Platform/Library/Entities/Portals/PortalAliasExtensions.cs	
+++ b/DNN Platform/Library/Entities/Portals/PortalAliasExtensions.cs	
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ public static PortalAliasInfo GetAliasByPortalIdAndSettings(this IEnumerable<Por
         {
             var aliasList = aliases.ToList();
 
-            var defaultAlias = aliasList.ToList().Where(a => a.PortalID == portalId)
-                                        .OrderByDescending(a => a.IsPrimary)
-                                        .FirstOrDefault();
-
             //First check if our current alias is already a perfect match.
             PortalAliasInfo foundAlias = null;
             if (result != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(result.HttpAlias))
@@ -107,7 +103,6 @@ public static PortalAliasInfo GetAliasByPortalIdAndSettings(this IEnumerable<Por
                 foundAlias = aliasList.FirstOrDefault(a => a.BrowserType == browserType &&
                                                          (String.Compare(a.CultureCode, cultureCode,
                                                              StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0)
-                                                         && a.IsPrimary
                                                          && a.PortalID == portalId
                                                          && a.HTTPAlias == result.HttpAlias);
                 if (foundAlias == null) //let us try again using Startswith() to find matching Hosts
@@ -115,7 +110,6 @@ public static PortalAliasInfo GetAliasByPortalIdAndSettings(this IEnumerable<Por
                     foundAlias = aliasList.FirstOrDefault(a => a.BrowserType == browserType &&
                                                          (String.Compare(a.CultureCode, cultureCode,
                                                              StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0)
-                                                         && a.IsPrimary
                                                          && a.PortalID == portalId
                                                          && a.HTTPAlias.StartsWith(result.HttpAlias.Split('/')[0]));
                 }
@@ -164,10 +158,15 @@ public static PortalAliasInfo GetAliasByPortalIdAndSettings(this IEnumerable<Por
             }
             else
             {
+                // if we didn't find a specific match, return the default, which is the closest match
+                var defaultAlias = aliasList
+                    .Where(a => a.PortalID == portalId)
+                    .OrderByDescending(a => a.IsPrimary)
+                    .FirstOrDefault();
+
                 foundAlias = defaultAlias;
             }
 
-            //if we didn't find a specific match, return the default, which is the closest match
             return foundAlias;
         }
 
diff --git a/DNN Platform/Library/Entities/Urls/AdvancedUrlRewriter.cs b/DNN Platform/Library/Entities/Urls/AdvancedUrlRewriter.cs
index 6ab7f340d51..46c4748307d 100644
--- a/DNN Platform/Library/Entities/Urls/AdvancedUrlRewriter.cs	
+++ b/DNN Platform/Library/Entities/Urls/AdvancedUrlRewriter.cs	
@@ -1700,7 +1700,9 @@ protected bool IsPortalAliasIncorrect(HttpContext context,
                                     //var cpa = portalAliases.GetAliasByPortalIdAndSettings(result);
                                     string url = requestUri.ToString();
                                     RewriteController.CheckLanguageMatch(ref url, result);
-                                    var cpa = portalAliases.GetAliasByPortalIdAndSettings(result.PortalId, result, result.CultureCode, result.BrowserType);
+                                    var cpa = portalAliases
+                                        .Where(a => a.IsPrimary || result.PortalAliasMapping != PortalSettings.PortalAliasMapping.Redirect)
+                                        .GetAliasByPortalIdAndSettings(result.PortalId, result, result.CultureCode, result.BrowserType);
 
                                     if (cpa != null)
                                     {