diff --git a/dvc/remote/base.py b/dvc/remote/base.py
index 9efd0180e..5f77d8636 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/base.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/base.py
@@ -140,14 +140,6 @@ class RemoteBASE(object):
     def cache(self):
         return getattr(self.repo.cache, self.scheme)
 
-    @property
-    def cache_dir(self):
-        return (
-            getattr(self.path_info, "fspath", self.path_info.url)
-            if self.path_info
-            else None
-        )
-
     def get_file_checksum(self, path_info):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
diff --git a/dvc/remote/local/__init__.py b/dvc/remote/local/__init__.py
index 0a0a4b84d..168c1f9c0 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/local/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/local/__init__.py
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ class RemoteLOCAL(RemoteBASE):
     def state(self):
         return self.repo.state
 
+    @property
+    def cache_dir(self):
+        return self.path_info.fspath if self.path_info else None
+
     @classmethod
     def supported(cls, config):
         return True
@@ -332,7 +336,9 @@ class RemoteLOCAL(RemoteBASE):
         else:
             logger.debug("Collecting information from remote cache...")
             remote_exists = list(
-                remote.cache_exists(md5s, jobs=jobs, name=remote.cache_dir)
+                remote.cache_exists(
+                    md5s, jobs=jobs, name=str(remote.path_info)
+                )
             )
 
         self._fill_statuses(ret, local_exists, remote_exists)