--- a/src/rgw/rgw_rest.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_rest.cc
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static int init_entities_from_header(struct req_state *s)
   } else
     s->host_bucket = NULL;

-  const char *req_name = s->path_name;
+  const char *req_name = s->path_name_url.c_str();
   const char *p;

   if (*req_name == '?') {