diff --git a/app/code/Magento/UrlRewrite/view/adminhtml/templates/edit.phtml b/app/code/Magento/UrlRewrite/view/adminhtml/templates/edit.phtml
index 57f752ae29bae..c9f7378666bb9 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/UrlRewrite/view/adminhtml/templates/edit.phtml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/UrlRewrite/view/adminhtml/templates/edit.phtml
@@ -13,16 +13,13 @@
 <?php echo $block->getChildHtml() ?>
 
 <?php if ($block->getChildBlock('form')): ?>
-<script>
-require([
-    'jquery',
-    'mage/backend/form',
-    'mage/backend/validation'
-], function($){
-
-    $('#edit_form').form()
-        .validation({validationUrl: '<?php /* @escapeNotVerified */ echo $block->getValidationUrl() ?>'});
-
-});
+<script type="text/x-magento-init">
+    {
+        "#edit_form": {
+            "Magento_UrlRewrite/js/url-rewrite-validation" : {
+                "url": "<?= $block->escapeUrl($block->getValidationUrl()) ?>"
+            }
+        }
+    }
 </script>
 <?php endif; ?>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/UrlRewrite/view/adminhtml/web/js/url-rewrite-validation.js b/app/code/Magento/UrlRewrite/view/adminhtml/web/js/url-rewrite-validation.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..430738f3b6b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/UrlRewrite/view/adminhtml/web/js/url-rewrite-validation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+
+define([
+    'jquery',
+    'mage/backend/form',
+    'mage/backend/validation'
+], function ($) {
+    'use strict';
+
+    return function (data, element) {
+
+        $(element).form().validation({
+            validationUrl: data.url
+        });
+    };
+});
\ No newline at end of file