diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/web/EndpointMapping.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/web/EndpointMapping.java
index 5043a607b3e9..0097260e1888 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/web/EndpointMapping.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/web/EndpointMapping.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ public class EndpointMapping {
 
 	private final String path;
 
+	private static final String SLASH = "/";
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@code EndpointMapping} using the given {@code path}.
 	 * @param path the path
@@ -53,10 +55,10 @@ private static String normalizePath(String path) {
 			return path;
 		}
 		String normalizedPath = path;
-		if (!normalizedPath.startsWith("/")) {
-			normalizedPath = "/" + normalizedPath;
+		if (!normalizedPath.startsWith(SLASH)) {
+			normalizedPath = SLASH + normalizedPath;
 		}
-		if (normalizedPath.endsWith("/")) {
+		if (normalizedPath.endsWith(SLASH)) {
 			normalizedPath = normalizedPath.substring(0, normalizedPath.length() - 1);
 		}
 		return normalizedPath;