diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolver.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolver.java
index 45f3b9e286..0b3f777e12 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolver.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolver.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class PathResourceResolver extends AbstractResourceResolver {
 	protected String resolveUrlPathInternal(String resourcePath, List<? extends Resource> locations,
 			ResourceResolverChain chain) {
 
-		return (getResource(resourcePath, locations) != null ? resourcePath : null);
+		return (StringUtils.hasText(resourcePath) && getResource(resourcePath, locations) != null ? resourcePath : null);
 	}
 
 	private Resource getResource(String resourcePath, List<? extends Resource> locations) {
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java
index eb9162ac9e..7807011631 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java
@@ -124,4 +124,15 @@ public class PathResourceResolverTests {
 		assertTrue(this.resolver.checkResource(resource, resource));
 	}
 
+	// SPR-13241
+	@Test
+	public void resolvePathRootResource() throws Exception {
+		Resource webjarsLocation = new ClassPathResource("/META-INF/resources/webjars/", PathResourceResolver.class);
+		Resource actual = this.resolver.resolveResource(null, "", Arrays.asList(webjarsLocation), null);
+		String path = this.resolver.resolveUrlPathInternal("", Arrays.asList(webjarsLocation), null);
+
+		assertNotNull(actual);
+		assertTrue(actual.exists() && actual.isReadable());
+		assertNull(path);
+	}
 }