diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestKey.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestKey.java
index 50348e785a..e4918d748d 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestKey.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestKey.java
@@ -259,13 +259,16 @@ public final class RequestKey {
 	}
 
 	private String getMatchingPattern(String pattern, String lookupPath, PathMatcher pathMatcher) {
-		if (pattern.equals(lookupPath) || pathMatcher.match(pattern, lookupPath)) {
+		if (pattern.equals(lookupPath)) {
 			return pattern;
 		}
 		boolean hasSuffix = pattern.indexOf('.') != -1;
 		if (!hasSuffix && pathMatcher.match(pattern + ".*", lookupPath)) {
 			return pattern + ".*";
 		}
+		if (pathMatcher.match(pattern, lookupPath)) {
+			return pattern;
+		}
 		boolean endsWithSlash = pattern.endsWith("/");
 		if (!endsWithSlash && pathMatcher.match(pattern + "/", lookupPath)) {
 			return pattern +"/";
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestKeyTests.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestKeyTests.java
index d66c7f695c..946ba9f7c2 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestKeyTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestKeyTests.java
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ public class RequestKeyTests {
 		expected = new RequestKey(asList("/foo", "/foo*", "/**"), null);
 
 		assertEquals("Matched patterns are sorted with best match at the top", expected, match);
-
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletHandlerMethodTests.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletHandlerMethodTests.java
index 7b66144094..05df5acf92 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletHandlerMethodTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletHandlerMethodTests.java
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
- * The origin of this test fixture is {@link ServletHandlerMethodTests}. The tests were adapted to run against 
- * the HandlerMethod infrastructure rather than against the DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping, the 
- * AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter, and the AnnotationMethodHandlerExceptionResolver. 
- * Tests that are not supported with HandlerMethod processing have been deleted and are listed at the bottom. 
+ * The origin of this test fixture is {@link ServletHandlerMethodTests} with tests in this class adapted to run 
+ * against the HandlerMethod infrastructure rather than against the DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping, the 
+ * AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter, and the AnnotationMethodHandlerExceptionResolver. Tests that are not 
+ * supported are listed at the bottom.
  * 
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 3.1