diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php b/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php
index d41ada2502ba..7725fc75ae47 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public function getController()
         if (! $this->controller) {
             $class = $this->parseControllerCallback()[0];
 
-            $this->controller = $this->container->make($class);
+            $this->controller = $this->container->make(ltrim($class, '\\'));
         }
 
         return $this->controller;