diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/PathDecoder.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/PathDecoder.cs
index 68fc9351fb84..8228ddeb6968 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/PathDecoder.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http/PathDecoder.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ public static string DecodePath(Span<byte> path, bool pathEncoded, string rawTar
             return rawTarget;
         }
 
-        return path.Slice(0, pathLength).GetAsciiStringNonNullCharacters();
+        return path.Slice(0, pathLength).GetAsciiString();
     }
 }