diff --git a/mlrun/api/api/utils.py b/mlrun/api/api/utils.py
index 69651b7589e..42a77ce5923 100644
--- a/mlrun/api/api/utils.py
+++ b/mlrun/api/api/utils.py
@@ -33,16 +33,27 @@ def log_path(project, uid) -> Path:
 
 
 def get_obj_path(schema, path, user=""):
-    if schema:
-        return schema + "://" + path
-    elif path.startswith("/User/"):
+    if path.startswith("/User/"):
         user = user or environ.get("V3IO_USERNAME", "admin")
-        return "v3io:///users/" + user + path[5:]
+        path = "v3io:///users/" + user + path[5:]
+        schema = schema or "v3io"
+    elif path.startswith("/v3io"):
+        path = "v3io://" + path[len("/v3io") :]
+        schema = schema or "v3io"
     elif config.httpdb.data_volume and path.startswith(config.httpdb.data_volume):
+        data_volume_prefix = config.httpdb.data_volume
+        if data_volume_prefix.endswith("/"):
+            data_volume_prefix = data_volume_prefix[:-1]
         if config.httpdb.real_path:
-            path = config.httpdb.real_path + path[len(config.httpdb.data_volume) - 1 :]
-        return path
-    return None
+            path_from_volume = path[len(data_volume_prefix) :]
+            if path_from_volume.startswith("/"):
+                path_from_volume = path_from_volume[1:]
+            path = str(Path(config.httpdb.real_path) / Path(path_from_volume))
+    if schema:
+        schema_prefix = schema + "://"
+        if not path.startswith(schema_prefix):
+            return schema + "://" + path
+    return path
 
 
 def get_secrets(_request: Request):
diff --git a/tests/api/api/test_utils.py b/tests/api/api/test_utils.py
index 11188dae796..cd1a892e2f0 100644
--- a/tests/api/api/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/api/api/test_utils.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from http import HTTPStatus
 
+from deepdiff import DeepDiff
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
-from deepdiff import DeepDiff
 
+import mlrun
 from mlrun.api.api.utils import _parse_submit_run_body
 
 
@@ -126,6 +127,81 @@ def test_parse_submit_job_body_keep_resources(db: Session, client: TestClient):
     )
 
 
+def test_get_obj_path(db: Session, client: TestClient):
+    cases = [
+        {"path": "/local/path", "expected_path": "/local/path"},
+        {
+            "path": "/local/path",
+            "schema": "v3io",
+            "expected_path": "v3io:///local/path",
+        },
+        {"path": "/User/my/path", "expected_path": "v3io:///users/admin/my/path"},
+        {
+            "path": "/User/my/path",
+            "schema": "v3io",
+            "expected_path": "v3io:///users/admin/my/path",
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/User/my/path",
+            "user": "hedi",
+            "expected_path": "v3io:///users/hedi/my/path",
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/v3io/projects/my-proj/my/path",
+            "expected_path": "v3io:///projects/my-proj/my/path",
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/v3io/projects/my-proj/my/path",
+            "schema": "v3io",
+            "expected_path": "v3io:///projects/my-proj/my/path",
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/home/jovyan/data/my/path",
+            "data_volume": "/home/jovyan/data",
+            "expected_path": "/home/jovyan/data/my/path",
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/home/jovyan/data/my/path",
+            "data_volume": "/home/jovyan/data",
+            "real_path": "/root",
+            "expected_path": "/root/my/path",
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/home/jovyan/data/my/path",
+            "data_volume": "/home/jovyan/data/",
+            "real_path": "/root",
+            "expected_path": "/root/my/path",
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/home/jovyan/data/my/path",
+            "data_volume": "/home/jovyan/data/",
+            "real_path": "/root/",
+            "expected_path": "/root/my/path",
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/home/jovyan/data/my/path",
+            "data_volume": "/home/jovyan/data",
+            "real_path": "/root",
+            "expected_path": "/root/my/path",
+        },
+    ]
+    for case in cases:
+        old_real_path = mlrun.mlconf.httpdb.real_path
+        old_data_volume = mlrun.mlconf.httpdb.data_volume
+        if case.get("real_path"):
+            mlrun.mlconf.httpdb.real_path = case["real_path"]
+        if case.get("data_volume"):
+            mlrun.mlconf.httpdb.data_volume = case["data_volume"]
+        result_path = mlrun.api.api.utils.get_obj_path(
+            case.get("schema"), case.get("path"), case.get("user")
+        )
+        assert result_path == case["expected_path"]
+        if case.get("real_path"):
+            mlrun.mlconf.httpdb.real_path = old_real_path
+        if case.get("data_volume"):
+            mlrun.mlconf.httpdb.data_volume = old_data_volume
+
+
 def _mock_original_function(client):
     function_name = "function_name"
     project = "some-project"