diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerMapping.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerMapping.java
index 40fca4b8ff..a6c5c656a5 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerMapping.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerMapping.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class RequestMappingHandlerMapping extends RequestMappingInfoHandlerMappi
 					if (this.embeddedValueResolver != null) {
 						prefix = this.embeddedValueResolver.resolveStringValue(prefix);
 					}
-					info = RequestMappingInfo.paths(prefix).build().combine(info);
+					info = RequestMappingInfo.paths(prefix).options(this.config).build().combine(info);
 					break;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerMapping.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerMapping.java
index 7363ed4b13..6979a9e09a 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerMapping.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerMapping.java
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public class RequestMappingHandlerMapping extends RequestMappingInfoHandlerMappi
 			}
 			String prefix = getPathPrefix(handlerType);
 			if (prefix != null) {
-				info = RequestMappingInfo.paths(prefix).build().combine(info);
+				info = RequestMappingInfo.paths(prefix).options(this.config).build().combine(info);
 			}
 		}
 		return info;
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerMappingTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerMappingTests.java
index 67d056d820..8d836b69bd 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerMappingTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerMappingTests.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManager;
 import org.springframework.web.accept.PathExtensionContentNegotiationStrategy;
@@ -153,6 +154,24 @@ public class RequestMappingHandlerMappingTests {
 		assertEquals(Collections.singleton("/api/user/{id}"), info.getPatternsCondition().getPatterns());
 	}
 
+	@Test // gh-23907
+	public void pathPrefixPreservesPathMatchingSettings() throws NoSuchMethodException {
+		this.handlerMapping.setUseSuffixPatternMatch(false);
+		this.handlerMapping.setPathPrefixes(Collections.singletonMap("/api", HandlerTypePredicate.forAnyHandlerType()));
+		this.handlerMapping.afterPropertiesSet();
+
+		Method method = ComposedAnnotationController.class.getMethod("get");
+		RequestMappingInfo info = this.handlerMapping.getMappingForMethod(method, ComposedAnnotationController.class);
+
+		assertNotNull(info);
+
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/api/get");
+		assertNotNull(info.getPatternsCondition().getMatchingCondition(request));
+
+		request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/api/get.pdf");
+		assertNull(info.getPatternsCondition().getMatchingCondition(request));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void resolveRequestMappingViaComposedAnnotation() throws Exception {
 		RequestMappingInfo info = assertComposedAnnotationMapping("postJson", "/postJson", RequestMethod.POST);