diff --git a/changelog/12911.txt b/changelog/12911.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2c213120562ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/12911.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+cli: fixes CLI requests when namespace is both provided as argument and part of the path
+```
diff --git a/command/kv_helpers.go b/command/kv_helpers.go
index b058ba2d54947..354368e3f048d 100644
--- a/command/kv_helpers.go
+++ b/command/kv_helpers.go
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ func addPrefixToVKVPath(p, mountPath, apiPrefix string) string {
 		if len(partialMountPath) <= 1 || partialMountPath[1] == ""{
 			break
 		}
-		mountPath = partialMountPath[1]
-		tp = strings.TrimPrefix(p, mountPath)
+		mountPath = strings.TrimSuffix(partialMountPath[1], "/")
+		tp = strings.TrimPrefix(tp, mountPath)
 	}
 
 	return path.Join(mountPath, apiPrefix, tp)