diff --git a/starlette/_utils.py b/starlette/_utils.py
index 90bd346fd..f615eeea4 100644
--- a/starlette/_utils.py
+++ b/starlette/_utils.py
@@ -85,5 +85,5 @@ def collapse_excgroups() -> typing.Generator[None, None, None]:
 
 def get_route_path(scope: Scope) -> str:
     root_path = scope.get("root_path", "")
-    route_path = re.sub(r"^" + root_path, "", scope["path"])
+    route_path = re.sub(r"^" + root_path + r"(?=/|$)", "", scope["path"])
     return route_path
diff --git a/tests/test__utils.py b/tests/test__utils.py
index 2ecf47483..f46775b4b 100644
--- a/tests/test__utils.py
+++ b/tests/test__utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import functools
 from typing import Any
 
-from starlette._utils import is_async_callable
+import pytest
+
+from starlette._utils import get_route_path, is_async_callable
+from starlette.types import Scope
 
 
 def test_async_func() -> None:
@@ -78,3 +81,15 @@ async def async_func(
     partial = functools.partial(async_func, b=2)
     nested_partial = functools.partial(partial, a=1)
     assert is_async_callable(nested_partial)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "scope, expected_result",
+    [
+        ({"path": "/foo-123/bar", "root_path": "/foo"}, "/foo-123/bar"),
+        ({"path": "/foo/bar", "root_path": "/foo"}, "/bar"),
+        ({"path": "/foo", "root_path": "/foo"}, ""),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_route_path(scope: Scope, expected_result: str) -> None:
+    assert get_route_path(scope) == expected_result
diff --git a/tests/test_routing.py b/tests/test_routing.py
index 9fa44def4..6bb398ba5 100644
--- a/tests/test_routing.py
+++ b/tests/test_routing.py
@@ -1221,6 +1221,12 @@ async def pure_asgi_echo_paths(scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send, name:
         name="path",
         methods=["GET"],
     ),
+    Route(
+        "/root-queue/path",
+        functools.partial(echo_paths, name="queue_path"),
+        name="queue_path",
+        methods=["POST"],
+    ),
     Mount("/asgipath", app=functools.partial(pure_asgi_echo_paths, name="asgipath")),
     Mount(
         "/sub",
@@ -1266,3 +1272,11 @@ def test_paths_with_root_path(test_client_factory: TestClientFactory) -> None:
         "path": "/root/sub/path",
         "root_path": "/root/sub",
     }
+
+    response = client.post("/root/root-queue/path")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == {
+        "name": "queue_path",
+        "path": "/root/root-queue/path",
+        "root_path": "/root",
+    }