diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java
index 0c8e148f43a..f4ff1f04ec6 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public abstract class ResourceHandlerUtils {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
-		if (path.contains("..") && StringUtils.cleanPath(path).contains("../")) {
+		if (path.contains("../")) {
 			if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
 				logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
 						"Path contains \"../\" after call to StringUtils#cleanPath: [" + path + "]", -1, true));
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java
index 4d4fd8426ae..d0a7e9a813e 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ class ResourceWebHandlerTests {
 
 			testResolvePathWithTraversal(method, "../testsecret/secret.txt");
 			testResolvePathWithTraversal(method, "test/../../testsecret/secret.txt");
+			testResolvePathWithTraversal(method, "/testsecret/test/../secret.txt");
 			testResolvePathWithTraversal(method, ":/../../testsecret/secret.txt");
 
 			location = new UrlResource(getClass().getResource("./test/"));
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java
index c88071e9e01..178a1e32fad 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public abstract class ResourceHandlerUtils {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
-		if (path.contains("..") && StringUtils.cleanPath(path).contains("../")) {
+		if (path.contains("../")) {
 			if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
 				logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
 						"Path contains \"../\" after call to StringUtils#cleanPath: [" + path + "]", -1, true));
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
index 28db86a9798..5a4343c420d 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
@@ -643,6 +643,7 @@ class ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests {
 			testInvalidPath("../testsecret/secret.txt");
 			testInvalidPath("test/../../testsecret/secret.txt");
 			testInvalidPath(":/../../testsecret/secret.txt");
+			testInvalidPath("/testsecret/test/../secret.txt");
 
 			Resource location = new UrlResource(ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.class.getResource("./test/"));
 			this.handler.setLocations(List.of(location));