diff --git a/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/async/async.go b/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/async/async.go
index acfe81b1ac7a..5e25eef930ef 100644
--- a/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/async/async.go
+++ b/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/async/async.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package async
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers"
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ func New(resp *azcore.Response, finalState string, pollerID string) (*Poller, er
 	if asyncURL == "" {
 		return nil, errors.New("response is missing Azure-AsyncOperation header")
 	}
+	if !pollers.IsValidURL(asyncURL) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid polling URL %s", asyncURL)
+	}
 	p := &Poller{
 		Type:       pollers.MakeID(pollerID, "async"),
 		AsyncURL:   asyncURL,
diff --git a/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/loc/loc.go b/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/loc/loc.go
index c01b5b33f425..853410bd66ea 100644
--- a/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/loc/loc.go
+++ b/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/loc/loc.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package loc
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers"
@@ -27,9 +28,13 @@ type Poller struct {
 // New creates a new Poller from the provided initial response.
 func New(resp *azcore.Response, pollerID string) (*Poller, error) {
 	azcore.Log().Write(azcore.LogLongRunningOperation, "Using Location poller.")
+	locURL := resp.Header.Get(pollers.HeaderLocation)
+	if !pollers.IsValidURL(locURL) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid polling URL %s", locURL)
+	}
 	p := &Poller{
 		Type:     pollers.MakeID(pollerID, "loc"),
-		PollURL:  resp.Header.Get(pollers.HeaderLocation),
+		PollURL:  locURL,
 		CurState: "InProgress",
 	}
 	return p, nil
diff --git a/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/pollers.go b/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/pollers.go
index 0ee2c0c0e966..0f0081c80012 100644
--- a/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/pollers.go
+++ b/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/pollers.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore"
@@ -108,6 +109,12 @@ func GetProvisioningState(resp *azcore.Response) (string, error) {
 	return "", ErrNoProvisioningState
 }
 
+// IsValidURL verifies that the URL is valid and absolute.
+func IsValidURL(s string) bool {
+	u, err := url.Parse(s)
+	return err == nil && u.IsAbs()
+}
+
 // MakeID returns the unique poller identifier in the format pollerID;poller.
 func MakeID(pollerID string, kind string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s;%s", pollerID, kind)
diff --git a/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/pollers_test.go b/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/pollers_test.go
index 80d06df2e7f6..6a502df99ba9 100644
--- a/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/pollers_test.go
+++ b/sdk/armcore/internal/pollers/pollers_test.go
@@ -109,3 +109,12 @@ func TestMakeID(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected poller kind %s", p)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIsValidURL(t *testing.T) {
+	if IsValidURL("/foo") {
+		t.Fatal("unexpected valid URL")
+	}
+	if !IsValidURL("https://foo.bar/baz") {
+		t.Fatal("expected valid URL")
+	}
+}