diff --git a/libraries/src/Router/Route.php b/libraries/src/Router/Route.php
index c58f682ba4811..4d52016fa89ca 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Router/Route.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Router/Route.php
@@ -69,12 +69,6 @@ public static function _($url, $xhtml = true, $tls = self::TLS_IGNORE, $absolute
 	{
 		try
 		{
-			// @todo  Deprecate in 4.0 Before 3.9.7 this method accepted -1.
-			if ($tls == -1)
-			{
-				$tls = self::TLS_DISABLE;
-			}
-
 			// @deprecated  4.0 Before 3.9.7 this method silently converted $tls to integer
 			if (!is_int($tls))
 			{
@@ -87,6 +81,12 @@ public static function _($url, $xhtml = true, $tls = self::TLS_IGNORE, $absolute
 				$tls = (int) $tls;
 			}
 
+			// @todo  Deprecate in 4.0 Before 3.9.7 this method accepted -1.
+			if ($tls === -1)
+			{
+				$tls = self::TLS_DISABLE;
+			}
+
 			$app    = Factory::getApplication();
 			$client = $app->getName();