diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/label/common/labelService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/label/common/labelService.ts
index 7b2180920c1..b6c41954054 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/label/common/labelService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/label/common/labelService.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export class LabelService implements ILabelService {
 
 		this.formatters.forEach(formatter => {
 			if (formatter.scheme === resource.scheme) {
-				if (!bestResult) {
+				if (!bestResult && !formatter.authority) {
 					bestResult = formatter;
 					return;
 				}
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export class LabelService implements ILabelService {
 					return;
 				}
 
-				if (match(formatter.authority, resource.authority) && (!bestResult.authority || formatter.authority.length > bestResult.authority.length)) {
+				if (match(formatter.authority, resource.authority) && (!bestResult || !bestResult.authority || formatter.authority.length > bestResult.authority.length)) {
 					bestResult = formatter;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/label/test/label.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/label/test/label.test.ts
index 914b791249b..233d942bc6c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/label/test/label.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/label/test/label.test.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ suite('URI Label', () => {
 	test('mulitple authority', function () {
 		labelService.registerFormatter({
 			scheme: 'vscode',
-			authority: 'micro*',
+			authority: 'not_matching_but_long',
 			formatting: {
 				label: 'first',
 				separator: '/'