diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb
index 8386cb9689..8b5a39dcaf 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ module ActionDispatch
       # for root cases, where the latter is the correct one.
       def self.normalize_path(path)
         path = Journey::Router::Utils.normalize_path(path)
-        path.gsub!(%r{/(\(+)/?}, '\1/') unless path =~ %r{^/\(+[^)]+\)$}
+        path.gsub!(%r{/(\(+)/?}, '\1/') unless path =~ %r{^/(\(+[^)]+\)){1,}$}
         path
       end
 
diff --git a/actionpack/test/dispatch/routing_test.rb b/actionpack/test/dispatch/routing_test.rb
index ee87791538..affc2d8497 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/dispatch/routing_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/dispatch/routing_test.rb
@@ -1382,6 +1382,22 @@ class TestRoutingMapper < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     assert_equal "projects#index", @response.body
   end
 
+  def test_optionally_scoped_root_unscoped_access
+    draw do
+      scope "(:locale)" do
+        scope "(:platform)" do
+          scope "(:browser)" do
+            root to: "projects#index"
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    assert_equal "/", root_path
+    get "/"
+    assert_equal "projects#index", @response.body
+  end
+
   def test_scope_with_format_option
     draw do
       get "direct/index", as: :no_format_direct, format: false