diff --git a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/rewrite/handler/CompactPathRule.java b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/rewrite/handler/CompactPathRule.java
index a0441cac259f..d76892698f02 100644
--- a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/rewrite/handler/CompactPathRule.java
+++ b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/rewrite/handler/CompactPathRule.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public CompactPathRule()
     @Override
     public void applyURI(Request request, String oldURI, String newURI) throws IOException
     {
-        String uri = oldURI;
+        String uri = request.getHttpURI().getPathQuery();
         if (uri.startsWith("/"))
             uri = URIUtil.compactPath(uri);
         request.setHttpURI(HttpURI.build(request.getHttpURI(), uri));
diff --git a/jetty-rewrite/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/rewrite/handler/CompactPathRuleTest.java b/jetty-rewrite/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/rewrite/handler/CompactPathRuleTest.java
index 66d0c2be73c8..05622693a15d 100644
--- a/jetty-rewrite/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/rewrite/handler/CompactPathRuleTest.java
+++ b/jetty-rewrite/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/rewrite/handler/CompactPathRuleTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpURI;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.URIUtil;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
@@ -28,20 +29,20 @@ public static Stream<Arguments> scenarios()
     {
         return Stream.of(
             // shouldn't change anything
-            Arguments.of("/foo", null, "/foo", null),
-            Arguments.of("/", null, "/", null),
+            Arguments.of("/foo", null, "/foo", null, "/foo"),
+            Arguments.of("/", null, "/", null, "/"),
             // simple compact path
-            Arguments.of("////foo", null, "/foo", null),
+            Arguments.of("////foo", null, "/foo", null, "/foo"),
             // with simple query
-            Arguments.of("//foo//bar", "a=b", "/foo/bar", "a=b"),
+            Arguments.of("//foo//bar", "a=b", "/foo/bar", "a=b", "/foo/bar?a=b"),
             // with query that has double slashes (should preserve slashes in query)
-            Arguments.of("//foo//bar", "a=b//c", "/foo/bar", "a=b//c")
+            Arguments.of("//foo//bar", "a=b//c", "/foo/bar", "a=b//c", "/foo/bar?a=b//c")
         );
     }
 
     @ParameterizedTest
     @MethodSource("scenarios")
-    public void testCompactPathRule(String inputPath, String inputQuery, String expectedPath, String expectedQuery) throws Exception
+    public void testCompactPathRule(String inputPath, String inputQuery, String expectedPath, String expectedQuery, String expectedPathQuery) throws Exception
     {
         start(false);
 
@@ -50,15 +51,16 @@ public void testCompactPathRule(String inputPath, String inputQuery, String expe
         reset();
         _request.setHttpURI(HttpURI.build(_request.getHttpURI(), inputPath, null, inputQuery).asImmutable());
 
-        String result = rule.matchAndApply(_request.getHttpURI().getDecodedPath(), _request, _response);
-        assertEquals(expectedPath, result);
+        String target = _request.getHttpURI().getDecodedPath();
 
-        rule.applyURI(_request, _request.getHttpURI().getPathQuery(), result);
+        String applied = rule.matchAndApply(target, _request, _response);
+        assertEquals(expectedPath, applied);
 
-        if (result != null)
-        {
-            assertEquals(expectedPath, _request.getRequestURI());
-            assertEquals(expectedQuery, _request.getQueryString());
-        }
+        String encoded = URIUtil.encodePath(applied);
+        rule.applyURI(_request, _request.getRequestURI(), encoded);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedPath, _request.getRequestURI());
+        assertEquals(expectedQuery, _request.getQueryString());
+        assertEquals(expectedPathQuery, _request.getHttpURI().getPathQuery());
     }
 }