diff --git ui/base/x/x11_os_exchange_data_provider.cc ui/base/x/x11_os_exchange_data_provider.cc
index 88a24bab57b5..d130fcc0eca8 100644
--- ui/base/x/x11_os_exchange_data_provider.cc
+++ ui/base/x/x11_os_exchange_data_provider.cc
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ void XOSExchangeDataProvider::SetURL(const GURL& url,
     format_map_.Insert(gfx::GetAtom(kMimeTypeMozillaURL), mem);
 
     // Set a string fallback as well.
-    SetString(spec);
+    if (!HasString())
+      SetString(spec);
 
     // Return early if this drag already contains file contents (this implies
     // that file contents must be populated before URLs). Nautilus (and possibly