diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
index 303b2e9122..0b7229d55b 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 
 				if (href_static_value === null || href_static_value.match(/^(https?:)?\/\//i)) {
 					const rel = attribute_map.get('rel');
-					const rel_values = rel ? rel.get_static_value().split(' ') : [];
+					const rel_values = rel?.is_static ? rel.get_static_value().split(' ') : [];
 					const expected_values = ['noreferrer'];
 
 					expected_values.forEach(expected_value => {