diff --git a/modules/dcache-webdav/src/main/java/org/dcache/webdav/DcacheResourceFactory.java b/modules/dcache-webdav/src/main/java/org/dcache/webdav/DcacheResourceFactory.java
index 379b104935f..c9f966f38ad 100644
--- a/modules/dcache-webdav/src/main/java/org/dcache/webdav/DcacheResourceFactory.java
+++ b/modules/dcache-webdav/src/main/java/org/dcache/webdav/DcacheResourceFactory.java
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ public HttpTransfer(PnfsHandler pnfs, Subject subject,
 
             var request = ServletRequest.getRequest();
             request.setAttribute(TRANSACTION_ATTRIBUTE, getTransaction());
-            _requestPath = ServletRequest.stripToPath(request.getRequestURL().toString());
+            _requestPath = Requests.stripToPath(request.getRequestURL().toString());
         }
 
         protected ProtocolInfo createProtocolInfo(InetSocketAddress address) {
diff --git a/modules/dcache-webdav/src/main/java/org/dcache/webdav/Requests.java b/modules/dcache-webdav/src/main/java/org/dcache/webdav/Requests.java
index c6ff1300e02..b78ad9da39a 100644
--- a/modules/dcache-webdav/src/main/java/org/dcache/webdav/Requests.java
+++ b/modules/dcache-webdav/src/main/java/org/dcache/webdav/Requests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 /**
@@ -158,4 +161,24 @@ private static float qValueOf(MediaType m) {
             return 1.0f;
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Extract the normalized path element of the given URL String excluding query information.
+     *
+     * @param url The string representation of the URL.
+     * @return The path component of the URL.
+     */
+    public static String stripToPath(String uri) {
+        return stripToPath(URI.create(uri).getPath());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extract the normalized path element of the given URL excluding query information.
+     *
+     * @param url The URL to extract path from.
+     * @return The path component of the URL.
+     */
+    public static String stripToPath(URL url) {
+        return Path.of(url.getPath()).normalize().toString();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/dcache-webdav/src/test/java/org/dcache/webdav/RequestsTest.java b/modules/dcache-webdav/src/test/java/org/dcache/webdav/RequestsTest.java
index eec8528af42..2d2ccdad41b 100644
--- a/modules/dcache-webdav/src/test/java/org/dcache/webdav/RequestsTest.java
+++ b/modules/dcache-webdav/src/test/java/org/dcache/webdav/RequestsTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 import com.google.common.net.MediaType;
 
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -107,4 +109,27 @@ public void shouldAcceptWithMatchingParameter() {
 
         assertThat(responseType, equalTo(PLAIN_TEXT_UTF_8));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnFilePathOfUrl() throws MalformedURLException {
+        var u = new URL("https://door.domain.foo/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file");
+        assertThat(Requests.stripToPath(u), equalTo("/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnFilePathOfUrlWithPort() throws MalformedURLException {
+        var u = new URL("https://door.domain.foo:1234/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file?foo=bar");
+        assertThat(Requests.stripToPath(u), equalTo("/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file"));
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnFilePathOfUrlWithPortAndExtraSlash() throws MalformedURLException {
+        var u = new URL("https://door.domain.foo:1234//pnfs/domain.foo//path/to/file");
+        assertThat(Requests.stripToPath(u), equalTo("/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnFilePathOfUrlWithQuery() throws MalformedURLException {
+        var u = new URL("https://door.domain.foo:1234/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file?foo=bar");
+        assertThat(Requests.stripToPath(u), equalTo("/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file"));
+    }
 }
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