diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php
index a745a09dd7..bae01e7af9 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php
@@ -2660,7 +2660,7 @@ class WP_Site_Health {
 			$headers['Authorization'] = 'Basic ' . base64_encode( wp_unslash( $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] ) . ':' . wp_unslash( $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] ) );
 		}
 
-		$url = site_url();
+		$url = home_url();
 
 		$r = wp_remote_get( $url, compact( 'cookies', 'headers', 'timeout', 'sslverify' ) );
 
