diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc
index ff30fac8..b85e6f3c 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 (defn ensure-slash
   [^String string]
   (if (.endsWith string "/")
-    string
-    (str string "/")))
+    (str/replace string #"/+$" "")
+    string))
 
 (defn walk [raw-routes {:keys [path data routes expand]
                         :or {data [], routes [], expand expand}
diff --git a/test/cljc/reitit/core_test.cljc b/test/cljc/reitit/core_test.cljc
index 8a7e3482..cc57e6b1 100644
--- a/test/cljc/reitit/core_test.cljc
+++ b/test/cljc/reitit/core_test.cljc
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@
       true [["/a/1/2"]
             ["/*b"]]
 
-      false [["/a"]
-             ["/a/"]]
+      true [["/a"]
+            ["/a/"]]
 
       false [["/a"]
              ["/a/1"]]