diff --git a/internal/form/repo.go b/internal/form/repo.go
index 4a82a5b89..30335a1e2 100644
--- a/internal/form/repo.go
+++ b/internal/form/repo.go
@@ -52,12 +52,19 @@ func (f *MigrateRepo) Validate(ctx *macaron.Context, errs binding.Errors) bindin
 	return validate(errs, ctx.Data, f, ctx.Locale)
 }
 
+type ParseRemoteAddrOptions struct {
+	CloneAddr    string
+	User         *database.User
+	AuthUsername string
+	AuthPassword string
+}
+
 // ParseRemoteAddr checks if given remote address is valid,
 // and returns composed URL with needed username and password.
 // It also checks if given user has permission when remote address
 // is actually a local path.
-func (f MigrateRepo) ParseRemoteAddr(user *database.User) (string, error) {
-	remoteAddr := strings.TrimSpace(f.CloneAddr)
+func ParseRemoteAddr(options ParseRemoteAddrOptions) (string, error) {
+	remoteAddr := strings.TrimSpace(options.CloneAddr)
 
 	// Remote address can be HTTP/HTTPS/Git URL or local path.
 	if strings.HasPrefix(remoteAddr, "http://") ||
@@ -72,15 +79,15 @@ func (f MigrateRepo) ParseRemoteAddr(user *database.User) (string, error) {
 			return "", database.ErrInvalidCloneAddr{IsBlockedLocalAddress: true}
 		}
 
-		if len(f.AuthUsername)+len(f.AuthPassword) > 0 {
-			u.User = url.UserPassword(f.AuthUsername, f.AuthPassword)
+		if len(options.AuthUsername)+len(options.AuthPassword) > 0 {
+			u.User = url.UserPassword(options.AuthUsername, options.AuthPassword)
 		}
 		// To prevent CRLF injection in git protocol, see https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/6413
 		if u.Scheme == "git" && (strings.Contains(remoteAddr, "%0d") || strings.Contains(remoteAddr, "%0a")) {
 			return "", database.ErrInvalidCloneAddr{IsURLError: true}
 		}
 		remoteAddr = u.String()
-	} else if !user.CanImportLocal() {
+	} else if !options.User.CanImportLocal() {
 		return "", database.ErrInvalidCloneAddr{IsPermissionDenied: true}
 	} else if !osx.IsDir(remoteAddr) {
 		return "", database.ErrInvalidCloneAddr{IsInvalidPath: true}
diff --git a/internal/route/api/v1/repo_repo.go b/internal/route/api/v1/repo_repo.go
index f181bfdd5..26c57223f 100644
--- a/internal/route/api/v1/repo_repo.go
+++ b/internal/route/api/v1/repo_repo.go
@@ -251,7 +251,12 @@ func migrate(c *context.APIContext, f form.MigrateRepo) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	remoteAddr, err := f.ParseRemoteAddr(c.User)
+	remoteAddr, err := form.ParseRemoteAddr(form.ParseRemoteAddrOptions{
+		CloneAddr:    f.CloneAddr,
+		User:         c.User,
+		AuthUsername: f.AuthUsername,
+		AuthPassword: f.AuthPassword,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		if database.IsErrInvalidCloneAddr(err) {
 			addrErr := err.(database.ErrInvalidCloneAddr)
diff --git a/internal/route/repo/repo.go b/internal/route/repo/repo.go
index 4280b3ec9..5d635658c 100644
--- a/internal/route/repo/repo.go
+++ b/internal/route/repo/repo.go
@@ -170,7 +170,12 @@ func MigratePost(c *context.Context, f form.MigrateRepo) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	remoteAddr, err := f.ParseRemoteAddr(c.User)
+	remoteAddr, err := form.ParseRemoteAddr(form.ParseRemoteAddrOptions{
+		CloneAddr:    f.CloneAddr,
+		User:         c.User,
+		AuthUsername: f.AuthUsername,
+		AuthPassword: f.AuthPassword,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		if database.IsErrInvalidCloneAddr(err) {
 			c.Data["Err_CloneAddr"] = true
diff --git a/internal/route/repo/setting.go b/internal/route/repo/setting.go
index 549e26e6e..4f45c8774 100644
--- a/internal/route/repo/setting.go
+++ b/internal/route/repo/setting.go
@@ -121,7 +121,34 @@ func SettingsPost(c *context.Context, f form.RepoSetting) {
 				return
 			}
 		}
-		if err := c.Repo.Mirror.SaveAddress(f.MirrorAddress); err != nil {
+
+		remoteAddr, err := form.ParseRemoteAddr(form.ParseRemoteAddrOptions{
+			CloneAddr: f.MirrorAddress,
+			User:      c.User,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			if database.IsErrInvalidCloneAddr(err) {
+				c.Data["Err_CloneAddr"] = true
+				addrErr := err.(database.ErrInvalidCloneAddr)
+				switch {
+				case addrErr.IsURLError:
+					c.RenderWithErr(c.Tr("repo.migrate.clone_address")+c.Tr("form.url_error"), http.StatusBadRequest, tmplRepoSettingsOptions, &f)
+				case addrErr.IsPermissionDenied:
+					c.RenderWithErr(c.Tr("repo.migrate.permission_denied"), http.StatusForbidden, tmplRepoSettingsOptions, &f)
+				case addrErr.IsInvalidPath:
+					c.RenderWithErr(c.Tr("repo.migrate.invalid_local_path"), http.StatusBadRequest, tmplRepoSettingsOptions, &f)
+				case addrErr.IsBlockedLocalAddress:
+					c.RenderWithErr(c.Tr("repo.migrate.clone_address_resolved_to_blocked_local_address"), http.StatusForbidden, tmplRepoSettingsOptions, &f)
+				default:
+					c.Error(err, "unexpected error")
+				}
+			} else {
+				c.Error(err, "parse remote address")
+			}
+			return
+		}
+
+		if err := c.Repo.Mirror.SaveAddress(remoteAddr); err != nil {
 			c.Error(err, "save address")
 			return
 		}