diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/app/(global)/~gitbook/image/route.ts b/packages/gitbook/src/app/(global)/~gitbook/image/route.ts
index e3895494b..7d1bfde3b 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/app/(global)/~gitbook/image/route.ts
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/app/(global)/~gitbook/image/route.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import {
     verifyImageSignature,
     resizeImage,
     CloudflareImageOptions,
-    checkIsSizableImageURL,
     imagesResizingSignVersion,
+    checkIsSizableImageURL,
 } from '@/lib/images';
 import { parseImageAPIURL } from '@/lib/urls';
 
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
 
     const url = parseImageAPIURL(urlParam);
 
-    // Prevent infinite loops
-    if (url.includes('/~gitbook/image')) {
+    // Check again if the image can be sized, even though we checked when rendering the Image component
+    // Otherwise, it's possible to pass just any link to this endpoint and trigger HTML injection on the domain
+    // Also prevent infinite redirects.
+    if (!checkIsSizableImageURL(url)) {
         return new Response('Invalid url parameter', { status: 400 });
     }
 
@@ -38,12 +40,6 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
         return Response.redirect(url, 302);
     }
 
-    // Check again if the image can be sized, even though we checked when rendering the Image component
-    // Otherwise, it's possible to pass just any link to this endpoint and trigger HTML injection on the domain
-    if (!checkIsSizableImageURL(url)) {
-        return new Response('Invalid url parameter', { status: 400 });
-    }
-
     // Verify the signature
     const verified = await verifyImageSignature(url, { signature });
     if (!verified) {
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/lib/images.ts b/packages/gitbook/src/lib/images.ts
index d53597457..476f982cf 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/lib/images.ts
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/lib/images.ts
@@ -55,17 +55,26 @@ export function checkIsHttpURL(input: string | URL): boolean {
  * Check if an image URL is resizable.
  * Skip it for non-http(s) URLs (data, etc).
  * Skip it for SVGs.
+ * Skip it for GitBook images (to avoid recursion).
  */
 export function checkIsSizableImageURL(input: string): boolean {
     if (!URL.canParse(input)) {
         return false;
     }
 
+    if (input.includes('/~gitbook/image')) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     const parsed = new URL(input);
     if (parsed.pathname.endsWith('.svg')) {
         return false;
     }
-    return checkIsHttpURL(parsed);
+    if (!checkIsHttpURL(parsed)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 interface ResizeImageOptions {