diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
index 55c0c4c374d5..96950af07a43 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
@@ -195,19 +195,21 @@ func (t Transport) buildEnv(r *http.Request) (map[string]string, error) {
 	}
 
 	fpath := r.URL.Path
+	scriptName := fpath
 
+	docURI := fpath
 	// split "actual path" from "path info" if configured
-	var docURI, pathInfo string
+	var pathInfo string
 	if splitPos := t.splitPos(fpath); splitPos > -1 {
 		docURI = fpath[:splitPos]
 		pathInfo = fpath[splitPos:]
-	} else {
-		docURI = fpath
+
+		// Strip PATH_INFO from SCRIPT_NAME
+		scriptName = strings.TrimSuffix(scriptName, pathInfo)
 	}
-	scriptName := fpath
 
-	// Try to grab the path remainder from a file matcher if we didn't
-	// get a split result here.
+	// Try to grab the path remainder from a file matcher
+	// if we didn't get a split result here.
 	// See https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/issues/3718
 	if pathInfo == "" {
 		if remainder, ok := repl.Get("http.matchers.file.remainder"); ok {
@@ -215,9 +217,6 @@ func (t Transport) buildEnv(r *http.Request) (map[string]string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Strip PATH_INFO from SCRIPT_NAME
-	scriptName = strings.TrimSuffix(scriptName, pathInfo)
-
 	// SCRIPT_FILENAME is the absolute path of SCRIPT_NAME
 	scriptFilename := filepath.Join(root, scriptName)