diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/RequestPredicates.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/RequestPredicates.java
index a83a40d618e..664d6a851dc 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/RequestPredicates.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/RequestPredicates.java
@@ -1040,11 +1040,6 @@ public abstract class RequestPredicates {
 			return this.request.multipartData();
 		}
 
-		@Override
-		public String pathVariable(String name) {
-			return this.request.pathVariable(name);
-		}
-
 		@Override
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 		public Map<String, String> pathVariables() {
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/RouterFunctionsTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/RouterFunctionsTests.java
index f46a3770448..787e2e70992 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/RouterFunctionsTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/RouterFunctionsTests.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.PathPatternsTestUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.testfixture.servlet.MockHttpServletRequest;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
@@ -97,4 +98,20 @@ public class RouterFunctionsTests {
 		assertThat(resultHandlerFunction.isPresent()).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void nestPathVariable() {
+		HandlerFunction<ServerResponse> handlerFunction = request -> ServerResponse.ok().build();
+		RequestPredicate requestPredicate = request -> request.pathVariable("foo").equals("bar");
+		RouterFunction<ServerResponse> nestedFunction = RouterFunctions.route(requestPredicate, handlerFunction);
+
+		RouterFunction<ServerResponse> result = RouterFunctions.nest(RequestPredicates.path("/{foo}"), nestedFunction);
+		assertThat(result).isNotNull();
+
+		MockHttpServletRequest servletRequest = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/bar");
+		ServerRequest request = new DefaultServerRequest(servletRequest, Collections.emptyList());
+		Optional<HandlerFunction<ServerResponse>> resultHandlerFunction = result.route(request);
+		assertThat(resultHandlerFunction.isPresent()).isTrue();
+		assertThat(resultHandlerFunction.get()).isEqualTo(handlerFunction);
+	}
+
 }