diff --git a/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpURI.java b/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpURI.java
index 0a2e758caf39..3dc76024d46f 100644
--- a/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpURI.java
+++ b/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpURI.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ enum Violation
          */
         SEPARATOR("Ambiguous path separator"),
         /**
-         * Ambiguous path parameters within a URI segment e.g. {@code /foo/..;/bar}
+         * Ambiguous path parameters within a URI segment e.g. {@code /foo/..;/bar} or {@code /foo/%2e%2e;param/bar}
          */
         PARAM("Ambiguous path parameters"),
         /**
@@ -782,15 +782,14 @@ private void checkSegment(String uri, int segment, int end, boolean param)
 
         // Look for segment in the ambiguous segment index.
         Boolean ambiguous = __ambiguousSegments.get(uri, segment, end - segment);
-        if (ambiguous == Boolean.TRUE)
+        if (ambiguous != null)
         {
-            // The segment is always ambiguous.
-            _violations.add(Violation.SEGMENT);
-        }
-        else if (param && ambiguous == Boolean.FALSE)
-        {
-            // The segment is ambiguous only when followed by a parameter.
-            _violations.add(Violation.PARAM);
+            // Is the segment intrinsically ambiguous
+            if (ambiguous == Boolean.TRUE)
+                _violations.add(Violation.SEGMENT);
+            // Is the segment ambiguous with a parameter?
+            if (param)
+                _violations.add(Violation.PARAM);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/jetty-http/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpURITest.java b/jetty-http/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpURITest.java
index 28be9c41f0ba..ee8e54d0ec2b 100644
--- a/jetty-http/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpURITest.java
+++ b/jetty-http/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpURITest.java
@@ -358,9 +358,9 @@ public static Stream<Arguments> decodePathTests()
                 {"/path/%2e/info", "/path/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
                 {"path/%2e/info/", "path/info/", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
                 {"/path/%2e%2e/info", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
-                {"/path/%2e%2e;/info", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
-                {"/path/%2e%2e;param/info", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
-                {"/path/%2e%2e;param;other/info;other", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
+                {"/path/%2e%2e;/info", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT, Violation.PARAM)},
+                {"/path/%2e%2e;param/info", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT, Violation.PARAM)},
+                {"/path/%2e%2e;param;other/info;other", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT, Violation.PARAM)},
                 {"%2e/info", "info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
                 {"%u002e/info", "info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT, Violation.UTF16)},
 
@@ -473,9 +473,9 @@ public static Stream<Arguments> testPathQueryTests()
                 {"/path/%2e/info", "/path/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
                 {"path/%2e/info/", "path/info/", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
                 {"/path/%2e%2e/info", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
-                {"/path/%2e%2e;/info", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
-                {"/path/%2e%2e;param/info", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
-                {"/path/%2e%2e;param;other/info;other", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
+                {"/path/%2e%2e;/info", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT, Violation.PARAM)},
+                {"/path/%2e%2e;param/info", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT, Violation.PARAM)},
+                {"/path/%2e%2e;param;other/info;other", "/info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT, Violation.PARAM)},
                 {"%2e/info", "info", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},
                 {"%2e", "", EnumSet.of(Violation.SEGMENT)},