diff --git a/packages/ember-routing/lib/location/history_location.js b/packages/ember-routing/lib/location/history_location.js
index 9e632fc6134..f296d452d4e 100644
--- a/packages/ember-routing/lib/location/history_location.js
+++ b/packages/ember-routing/lib/location/history_location.js
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ export default EmberObject.extend({
     // remove baseURL and rootURL from start of path
     let url = path
       .replace(new RegExp(`^${baseURL}(?=/|$)`), '')
-      .replace(new RegExp(`^${rootURL}(?=/|$)`), '');
+      .replace(new RegExp(`^${rootURL}(?=/|$)`), '')
+      .replace(/\/\//g,'/'); // remove extra slashes
 
     let search = location.search || '';
     url += search + this.getHash();
diff --git a/packages/ember-routing/tests/location/history_location_test.js b/packages/ember-routing/tests/location/history_location_test.js
index 034ba8efd23..7cc803bf548 100644
--- a/packages/ember-routing/tests/location/history_location_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-routing/tests/location/history_location_test.js
@@ -333,3 +333,21 @@ QUnit.test('HistoryLocation.getURL() includes location.hash and location.search'
 
   equal(location.getURL(), '/foo/bar?time=morphin#pink-power-ranger');
 });
+
+
+QUnit.test('HistoryLocation.getURL() drops duplicate slashes', function() {
+  expect(1);
+
+  HistoryTestLocation.reopen({
+    init() {
+      this._super(...arguments);
+      let location = mockBrowserLocation('//');
+      location.pathname = '//'; // mockBrowserLocation does not allow for `//`, so force it
+      set(this, 'location', location);
+    }
+  });
+
+  createLocation();
+
+  equal(location.getURL(), '/');
+});