diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
index 3e3452b615..9342b38680 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ module ActionView
                           [-\w]+                   # subdomain or domain
                           (?:\.[-\w]+)*            # remaining subdomains or domain
                           (?::\d+)?                # port
-                          (?:/(?:(?:[~\w\+@%=\(\)-]|(?:[,.;:'][^\s$]))+)?)* # path
+                          (?:/(?:(?:[~\w\+@%=\(\)-]|(?:[,.;:'][^\s$])))*)* # path
                           (?:\?[\w\+@%&=.;-]+)?     # query string
                           (?:\#[\w\-]*)?           # trailing anchor
                         )