diff --git a/packages/qwik-city/runtime/src/route-matcher.ts b/packages/qwik-city/runtime/src/route-matcher.ts
index 1fb4018dc30..5ac028fbf66 100644
--- a/packages/qwik-city/runtime/src/route-matcher.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik-city/runtime/src/route-matcher.ts
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ function recursiveScan(
   }
   let pathIdx = pathLength;
   const sep = suffix + '/';
-  let depthWatchdog = 5;
-  while (pathIdx >= pathStart && depthWatchdog--) {
+  while (pathIdx >= pathStart) {
     const match = matchRoutePart(route, routeStart, routeLength, path, pathIdx, pathLength);
     if (match) {
       let value = path.substring(pathStart, Math.min(pathIdx, pathLength));
@@ -155,7 +154,11 @@ function recursiveScan(
       match[paramName] = decodeURIComponent(value);
       return match;
     }
-    pathIdx = lastIndexOf(path, pathStart, sep, pathIdx, pathStart - 1) + sep.length;
+    const newPathIdx = lastIndexOf(path, pathStart, sep, pathIdx, pathStart - 1) + sep.length;
+    if (pathIdx === newPathIdx) {
+      break;
+    }
+    pathIdx = newPathIdx;
   }
   return null;
 }
diff --git a/packages/qwik-city/runtime/src/route-matcher.unit.ts b/packages/qwik-city/runtime/src/route-matcher.unit.ts
index 21424f49fac..69f499016e6 100644
--- a/packages/qwik-city/runtime/src/route-matcher.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik-city/runtime/src/route-matcher.unit.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ describe('route-matcher', () => {
     assert.deepEqual(matchRoute('/seg/[...rest]', '/seg/a/b/c'), { rest: 'a/b/c' });
   });
 
+  test('should match /seg/[...rest]/a/b/c/d/e', () => {
+    assert.deepEqual(matchRoute('/seg/[...rest]/a/b/c/d/e', '/seg/a/b/c/d/e'), {
+      rest: '',
+    });
+  });
+
   test('should match /seg/[...rest] with trailing slash', () => {
     assert.deepEqual(matchRoute('/seg/[...rest]/', '/seg/a/b/c'), { rest: 'a/b/c' });
   });