diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/PathResourceLookupFunction.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
index 2f0d5fd108..ca337ddef4 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
@@ -148,20 +148,28 @@ class PathResourceLookupFunction implements Function<ServerRequest, Mono<Resourc
 	}
 
 	private static String normalizePath(String path) {
-		if (path.contains("%")) {
-			try {
-				path = URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		String result = path;
+		if (result.contains("%")) {
+			result = decode(result);
+			if (result.contains("%")) {
+				result = decode(result);
 			}
-			catch (Exception ex) {
-				return "";
-			}
-			if (path.contains("../")) {
-				path = StringUtils.cleanPath(path);
+			if (result.contains("../")) {
+				return StringUtils.cleanPath(result);
 			}
 		}
 		return path;
 	}
 
+	private static String decode(String path) {
+		try {
+			return URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			return "";
+		}
+	}
+
 	private boolean isInvalidPath(String path) {
 		if (path.contains("WEB-INF") || path.contains("META-INF")) {
 			return true;
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
index 0fb3926fca..8493c20880 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
@@ -567,20 +567,28 @@ public class ResourceWebHandler implements WebHandler, InitializingBean {
 	}
 
 	private static String normalizePath(String path) {
-		if (path.contains("%")) {
-			try {
-				path = URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		String result = path;
+		if (result.contains("%")) {
+			result = decode(result);
+			if (result.contains("%")) {
+				result = decode(result);
 			}
-			catch (Exception ex) {
-				return "";
-			}
-			if (path.contains("../")) {
-				path = StringUtils.cleanPath(path);
+			if (result.contains("../")) {
+				return StringUtils.cleanPath(result);
 			}
 		}
 		return path;
 	}
 
+	private static String decode(String path) {
+		try {
+			return URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			return "";
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Check whether the given path contains invalid escape sequences.
 	 * @param path the path to validate
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/PathResourceLookupFunction.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
index 135949c9f9..098179e353 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
@@ -149,20 +149,28 @@ class PathResourceLookupFunction implements Function<ServerRequest, Optional<Res
 	}
 
 	private static String normalizePath(String path) {
-		if (path.contains("%")) {
-			try {
-				path = URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		String result = path;
+		if (result.contains("%")) {
+			result = decode(result);
+			if (result.contains("%")) {
+				result = decode(result);
 			}
-			catch (Exception ex) {
-				return "";
-			}
-			if (path.contains("../")) {
-				path = StringUtils.cleanPath(path);
+			if (result.contains("../")) {
+				return StringUtils.cleanPath(result);
 			}
 		}
 		return path;
 	}
 
+	private static String decode(String path) {
+		try {
+			return URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			return "";
+		}
+	}
+
 	private boolean isInvalidPath(String path) {
 		if (path.contains("WEB-INF") || path.contains("META-INF")) {
 			return true;
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
index d14cba0be9..ceb5001351 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
@@ -726,20 +726,28 @@ public class ResourceHttpRequestHandler extends WebContentGenerator
 	}
 
 	private static String normalizePath(String path) {
-		if (path.contains("%")) {
-			try {
-				path = URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		String result = path;
+		if (result.contains("%")) {
+			result = decode(result);
+			if (result.contains("%")) {
+				result = decode(result);
 			}
-			catch (Exception ex) {
-				return "";
-			}
-			if (path.contains("../")) {
-				path = StringUtils.cleanPath(path);
+			if (result.contains("../")) {
+				return StringUtils.cleanPath(result);
 			}
 		}
 		return path;
 	}
 
+	private static String decode(String path) {
+		try {
+			return URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			return "";
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Check whether the given path contains invalid escape sequences.
 	 * @param path the path to validate