diff --git a/starlette/_utils.py b/starlette/_utils.py
index f615eeea4..74c9f24f7 100644
--- a/starlette/_utils.py
+++ b/starlette/_utils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import functools
-import re
 import sys
 import typing
 from contextlib import contextmanager
@@ -84,6 +83,18 @@ def collapse_excgroups() -> typing.Generator[None, None, None]:
 
 
 def get_route_path(scope: Scope) -> str:
+    path: str = scope["path"]
     root_path = scope.get("root_path", "")
-    route_path = re.sub(r"^" + root_path + r"(?=/|$)", "", scope["path"])
-    return route_path
+    if not root_path:
+        return path
+
+    if not path.startswith(root_path):
+        return path
+
+    if path == root_path:
+        return ""
+
+    if path[len(root_path)] == "/":
+        return path[len(root_path) :]
+
+    return path
diff --git a/tests/test__utils.py b/tests/test__utils.py
index f46775b4b..916f460d4 100644
--- a/tests/test__utils.py
+++ b/tests/test__utils.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ async def async_func(
         ({"path": "/foo-123/bar", "root_path": "/foo"}, "/foo-123/bar"),
         ({"path": "/foo/bar", "root_path": "/foo"}, "/bar"),
         ({"path": "/foo", "root_path": "/foo"}, ""),
+        ({"path": "/foo/bar", "root_path": "/bar"}, "/foo/bar"),
     ],
 )
 def test_get_route_path(scope: Scope, expected_result: str) -> None: