diff --git a/packages/react-router/__tests__/absolute-path-matching-test.tsx b/packages/react-router/__tests__/absolute-path-matching-test.tsx
index f20b2b02ec..76609a76b0 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/__tests__/absolute-path-matching-test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/__tests__/absolute-path-matching-test.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import type { RouteObject } from "react-router";
 import { matchRoutes } from "react-router";
 
-describe("absolute path matching", () => {
-  function pickPaths(routes: RouteObject[], pathname: string) {
-    let matches = matchRoutes(routes, { pathname });
-    return matches ? matches.map(match => match.route.path || "") : [];
-  }
+function pickPaths(routes: RouteObject[], pathname: string): string[] | null {
+  let matches = matchRoutes(routes, pathname);
+  return matches && matches.map(match => match.route.path || "");
+}
 
+describe("absolute path matching", () => {
   it("matches a nested route with an absolute path", () => {
     let routes = [
       {
@@ -26,6 +26,21 @@ describe("absolute path matching", () => {
     expect(pickPaths(routes, "/users/123")).toEqual(["/users", "/users/:id"]);
   });
 
+  it("matches a nested splat route with an absolute path", () => {
+    let routes = [
+      {
+        path: "/users",
+        children: [{ path: "/users/*" }]
+      }
+    ];
+
+    // expect(pickPaths(routes, "/users")).toEqual(["/users"]);
+    expect(pickPaths(routes, "/users/not-found")).toEqual([
+      "/users",
+      "/users/*"
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("throws when the nested path does not begin with its parent path", () => {
     expect(() => {
       matchRoutes(
diff --git a/packages/react-router/index.tsx b/packages/react-router/index.tsx
index 0361be58db..3987d3645e 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/index.tsx
@@ -903,16 +903,13 @@ function matchRouteBranch<ParamKey extends string = string>(
   let matches: RouteMatch[] = [];
   for (let i = 0; i < routesMeta.length; ++i) {
     let meta = routesMeta[i];
+    let end = i === routesMeta.length - 1;
     let trailingPathname =
       matchedPathname === "/"
         ? pathname
         : pathname.slice(matchedPathname.length) || "/";
     let match = matchPath(
-      {
-        path: meta.relativePath,
-        caseSensitive: meta.caseSensitive,
-        end: i === routesMeta.length - 1
-      },
+      { path: meta.relativePath, caseSensitive: meta.caseSensitive, end },
       trailingPathname
     );
 
@@ -1068,7 +1065,7 @@ function compilePath(
       });
 
   if (path.endsWith("*")) {
-    if (path.endsWith("/*")) {
+    if (path !== "/*" && path.endsWith("/*")) {
       source += "(?:\\/(.+)|\\/?)$"; // Don't include the / in params['*']
     } else {
       source += "(.*)$";