diff --git a/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme.go b/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme.go
index 063d6c4bc..2828aa48a 100644
--- a/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme.go
+++ b/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme.go
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ const (
 	xForwardedProto = "X-Forwarded-Proto"
 )
 
+type redirectScheme struct {
+	http.Handler
+
+	name string
+}
+
 // NewRedirectScheme creates a new RedirectScheme middleware.
 func NewRedirectScheme(ctx context.Context, next http.Handler, conf dynamic.RedirectScheme, name string) (http.Handler, error) {
 	logger := log.FromContext(middlewares.GetLoggerCtx(ctx, name, typeSchemeName))
@@ -33,10 +39,19 @@ func NewRedirectScheme(ctx context.Context, next http.Handler, conf dynamic.Redi
 		port = ":" + conf.Port
 	}
 
-	return newRedirect(next, uriPattern, conf.Scheme+"://${2}"+port+"${4}", conf.Permanent, clientRequestURL, name)
+	rs := &redirectScheme{name: name}
+
+	handler, err := newRedirect(next, uriPattern, conf.Scheme+"://${2}"+port+"${4}", conf.Permanent, rs.clientRequestURL, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	rs.Handler = handler
+
+	return rs, nil
 }
 
-func clientRequestURL(req *http.Request) string {
+func (r *redirectScheme) clientRequestURL(req *http.Request) string {
 	scheme := schemeHTTP
 	host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(req.Host)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -71,12 +86,12 @@ func clientRequestURL(req *http.Request) string {
 		// Given that we're in a middleware that is only used in the context of HTTP(s) requests,
 		// the only possible valid schemes are one of "http" or "https", so we convert back to them.
 		switch {
-		case strings.EqualFold(xProto, "ws"):
+		case strings.EqualFold(xProto, schemeHTTP), strings.EqualFold(xProto, "ws"):
 			scheme = schemeHTTP
-		case strings.EqualFold(xProto, "wss"):
+		case strings.EqualFold(xProto, schemeHTTPS), strings.EqualFold(xProto, "wss"):
 			scheme = schemeHTTPS
 		default:
-			scheme = xProto
+			log.FromContext(middlewares.GetLoggerCtx(req.Context(), r.name, typeSchemeName)).Debugf("invalid X-Forwarded-Proto: %s", xProto)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme_test.go b/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme_test.go
index dea1d6265..07ae54246 100644
--- a/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme_test.go
+++ b/pkg/middlewares/redirect/redirect_scheme_test.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestRedirectSchemeHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			headers: map[string]string{
 				"X-Forwarded-Proto": "bar",
 			},
-			expectedURL:    "https://bar://foo",
+			expectedURL:    "https://foo",
 			expectedStatus: http.StatusFound,
 		},
 		{