diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/EditorWebView.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/EditorWebView.kt
index c8ece71bd03c..12173eb493d1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/EditorWebView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/EditorWebView.kt
@@ -83,8 +83,12 @@ abstract class EditorWebView : ExternalSiteWebView() {
         }
 
         lifecycleScope.launch {
-            WebViewUtil().setProxyKKPlus(webView)
-            delay(PROXY_SETUP_DELAY)
+            val wvUtil = WebViewUtil()
+
+            if (wvUtil.hasProxyConfig()) {
+                wvUtil.setProxyKKPlus(webView)
+                delay(PROXY_SETUP_DELAY)
+            }
 
             if (loadedUrl != webView.url) {
                 webView.loadUrl(loadedUrl)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/utils/WebViewUtil.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/utils/WebViewUtil.kt
index 5badaecd64ba..133ded14acac 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/utils/WebViewUtil.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/utils/WebViewUtil.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import java.io.PrintWriter
 import java.io.StringWriter
 
 class WebViewUtil {
+    val proxyHost = OwnCloudClientManagerFactory.getProxyHost() ?: ""
+    val proxyPort = OwnCloudClientManagerFactory.getProxyPort()
 
     /**
      * From https://stackoverflow.com/a/18453384
@@ -30,9 +32,6 @@ class WebViewUtil {
     @SuppressLint("PrivateApi", "DiscouragedPrivateApi")
     @Suppress("TooGenericExceptionCaught", "NestedBlockDepth")
     fun setProxyKKPlus(webView: WebView) {
-        val proxyHost = OwnCloudClientManagerFactory.getProxyHost()
-        val proxyPort = OwnCloudClientManagerFactory.getProxyPort()
-
         if (TextUtils.isEmpty(proxyHost) || proxyPort <= 0) {
             return
         }
@@ -79,6 +78,8 @@ class WebViewUtil {
         }
     }
 
+    fun hasProxyConfig(): Boolean = OwnCloudClientManagerFactory.getProxyHost().isNotEmpty()
+
     companion object {
         private const val PROXY_TAG = "PROXY"
         private const val WEB_VIEW_TAG = "WEB_VIEW"