diff --git a/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc b/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc
index 3b6909e8..4f2abef5 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
   ([] (redirect-trailing-slash-handler {:method :both}))
   ([{:keys [method]}]
    (letfn [(maybe-redirect [request path]
-             (if (r/match-by-path (::r/router request) path)
+             (if (and (seq path) (r/match-by-path (::r/router request) path))
                {:status (if (= (:request-method request) :get) 301 308)
                 :headers {"Location" path}
                 :body ""}))
diff --git a/test/cljc/reitit/ring_test.cljc b/test/cljc/reitit/ring_test.cljc
index 3edc486a..bce7314d 100644
--- a/test/cljc/reitit/ring_test.cljc
+++ b/test/cljc/reitit/ring_test.cljc
@@ -241,7 +241,9 @@
 
 (deftest trailing-slash-handler-test
   (let [ok {:status 200, :body "ok"}
-        routes [["/slash-less" {:get (constantly ok),
+        routes [["" {:summary "unreachable"
+                     :get (constantly ok)}]
+                ["/slash-less" {:get (constantly ok),
                                 :post (constantly ok)}]
                 ["/with-slash/" {:get (constantly ok),
                                  :post (constantly ok)}]]]
@@ -269,6 +271,9 @@
                   (ring/router routes)
                   (ring/redirect-trailing-slash-handler {:method :strip}))]
 
+        (testing "stripping to empty string doesn't match"
+          (is (= nil (:status (app {:request-method :get, :uri "/"})))))
+
         (testing "exact matches work"
           (is (= ok (app {:request-method :get, :uri "/slash-less"})))
           (is (= ok (app {:request-method :post, :uri "/slash-less"})))