diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UrlPathHelper.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UrlPathHelper.java
index 7f98ee2369..362b933658 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UrlPathHelper.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UrlPathHelper.java
@@ -441,10 +441,8 @@ public class UrlPathHelper {
 	 * @return the updated URI string
 	 */
 	public String removeSemicolonContent(String requestUri) {
-		if (this.removeSemicolonContent) {
-			return removeSemicolonContentInternal(requestUri);
-		}
-		return removeJsessionid(requestUri);
+		return this.removeSemicolonContent ?
+				removeSemicolonContentInternal(requestUri) : removeJsessionid(requestUri);
 	}
 
 	private String removeSemicolonContentInternal(String requestUri) {
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 9d409a3fec..7fef39364c 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ class AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 		handlerMappingDef.setSource(source);
 		handlerMappingDef.setRole(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
 		handlerMappingDef.getPropertyValues().add("order", 0);
-		handlerMappingDef.getPropertyValues().add("removeSemicolonContent", false);
 		handlerMappingDef.getPropertyValues().add("contentNegotiationManager", contentNegotiationManager);
 		String methodMappingName = parserContext.getReaderContext().registerWithGeneratedName(handlerMappingDef);
 
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurationSupport.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurationSupport.java
index e85f189126..c3d1fc0883 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurationSupport.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurationSupport.java
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ public class WebMvcConfigurationSupport implements ApplicationContextAware, Serv
 	public RequestMappingHandlerMapping requestMappingHandlerMapping() {
 		RequestMappingHandlerMapping handlerMapping = new RequestMappingHandlerMapping();
 		handlerMapping.setOrder(0);
-		handlerMapping.setRemoveSemicolonContent(false);
 		handlerMapping.setInterceptors(getInterceptors());
 		handlerMapping.setContentNegotiationManager(mvcContentNegotiationManager());
 		return handlerMapping;
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java
index ea079c4938..b790a1e62b 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHandlerMapping extends WebApplicationObjectSupport
 
 	/**
 	 * Set if ";" (semicolon) content should be stripped from the request URI.
+	 * <p>The default value is {@code false}.
 	 * @see org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper#setRemoveSemicolonContent(boolean)
 	 */
 	public void setRemoveSemicolonContent(boolean removeSemicolonContent) {
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMethodMapping.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMethodMapping.java
index c8f11c8175..ccdec77d51 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMethodMapping.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMethodMapping.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.MethodFilter;
 import org.springframework.web.method.HandlerMethod;
 import org.springframework.web.method.HandlerMethodSelector;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper;
 
 /**
  * Abstract base class for {@link HandlerMapping} implementations that define a
@@ -61,6 +62,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractHandlerMethodMapping<T> extends AbstractHandlerMap
 	private final MultiValueMap<String, T> urlMap = new LinkedMultiValueMap<String, T>();
 
 
+	public AbstractHandlerMethodMapping() {
+		UrlPathHelper pathHelper = new UrlPathHelper();
+		pathHelper.setRemoveSemicolonContent(false);
+		setUrlPathHelper(pathHelper);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Whether to detect handler methods in beans in ancestor ApplicationContexts.
 	 * <p>Default is "false": Only beans in the current ApplicationContext are
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestCondition.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestCondition.java
index 357e31fe36..53642385ca 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestCondition.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestCondition.java
@@ -42,9 +42,16 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper;
  */
 public final class PatternsRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<PatternsRequestCondition> {
 
+	private static UrlPathHelper pathHelperNoSemicolonContent;
+
+	static {
+		pathHelperNoSemicolonContent = new UrlPathHelper();
+		pathHelperNoSemicolonContent.setRemoveSemicolonContent(true);
+	}
+
 	private final Set<String> patterns;
 
-	private final UrlPathHelper urlPathHelper;
+	private final UrlPathHelper pathHelper;
 
 	private final PathMatcher pathMatcher;
 
@@ -105,7 +112,7 @@ public final class PatternsRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<Pat
 			List<String> fileExtensions) {
 
 		this.patterns = Collections.unmodifiableSet(prependLeadingSlash(patterns));
-		this.urlPathHelper = urlPathHelper != null ? urlPathHelper : new UrlPathHelper();
+		this.pathHelper = urlPathHelper != null ? urlPathHelper : new UrlPathHelper();
 		this.pathMatcher = pathMatcher != null ? pathMatcher : new AntPathMatcher();
 		this.useSuffixPatternMatch = useSuffixPatternMatch;
 		this.useTrailingSlashMatch = useTrailingSlashMatch;
@@ -179,7 +186,7 @@ public final class PatternsRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<Pat
 		else {
 			result.add("");
 		}
-		return new PatternsRequestCondition(result, this.urlPathHelper, this.pathMatcher, this.useSuffixPatternMatch,
+		return new PatternsRequestCondition(result, this.pathHelper, this.pathMatcher, this.useSuffixPatternMatch,
 				this.useTrailingSlashMatch, this.fileExtensions);
 	}
 
@@ -206,17 +213,24 @@ public final class PatternsRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<Pat
 		if (this.patterns.isEmpty()) {
 			return this;
 		}
-		String lookupPath = this.urlPathHelper.getLookupPathForRequest(request);
+
+		String lookupPath = this.pathHelper.getLookupPathForRequest(request);
+		String lookupPathNoSemicolonContent = (lookupPath.indexOf(';') != -1) ?
+				pathHelperNoSemicolonContent.getLookupPathForRequest(request) : null;
+
 		List<String> matches = new ArrayList<String>();
 		for (String pattern : patterns) {
 			String match = getMatchingPattern(pattern, lookupPath);
+			if (match == null && lookupPathNoSemicolonContent != null) {
+				match = getMatchingPattern(pattern, lookupPathNoSemicolonContent);
+			}
 			if (match != null) {
 				matches.add(match);
 			}
 		}
 		Collections.sort(matches, this.pathMatcher.getPatternComparator(lookupPath));
 		return matches.isEmpty() ? null :
-			new PatternsRequestCondition(matches, this.urlPathHelper, this.pathMatcher, this.useSuffixPatternMatch,
+			new PatternsRequestCondition(matches, this.pathHelper, this.pathMatcher, this.useSuffixPatternMatch,
 					this.useTrailingSlashMatch, this.fileExtensions);
 	}
 
@@ -225,7 +239,7 @@ public final class PatternsRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<Pat
 			return pattern;
 		}
 		if (this.useSuffixPatternMatch) {
-			if (useSmartSuffixPatternMatch(pattern, lookupPath)) {
+			if (!this.fileExtensions.isEmpty() && lookupPath.indexOf('.') != -1) {
 				for (String extension : this.fileExtensions) {
 					if (this.pathMatcher.match(pattern + extension, lookupPath)) {
 						return pattern + extension;
@@ -251,14 +265,6 @@ public final class PatternsRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<Pat
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Whether to match by known file extensions. Return "true" if file extensions
-	 * are configured, and the lookup path has a suffix.
-	 */
-	private boolean useSmartSuffixPatternMatch(String pattern, String lookupPath) {
-		return (!this.fileExtensions.isEmpty() && lookupPath.indexOf('.') != -1) ;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Compare the two conditions based on the URL patterns they contain.
 	 * Patterns are compared one at a time, from top to bottom via
@@ -272,7 +278,7 @@ public final class PatternsRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<Pat
 	 * the best matches on top.
 	 */
 	public int compareTo(PatternsRequestCondition other, HttpServletRequest request) {
-		String lookupPath = this.urlPathHelper.getLookupPathForRequest(request);
+		String lookupPath = this.pathHelper.getLookupPathForRequest(request);
 		Comparator<String> patternComparator = this.pathMatcher.getPatternComparator(lookupPath);
 
 		Iterator<String> iterator = patterns.iterator();
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestConditionTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestConditionTests.java
index 9c38b7c39c..72f6639713 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestConditionTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestConditionTests.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper;
 
 /**
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
@@ -185,6 +186,16 @@ public class PatternsRequestConditionTests {
 		assertNull(match);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void matchIgnorePathParams() {
+		UrlPathHelper pathHelper = new UrlPathHelper();
+		pathHelper.setRemoveSemicolonContent(false);
+		PatternsRequestCondition condition = new PatternsRequestCondition(new String[] {"/foo/bar"}, pathHelper, null, true, true);
+		PatternsRequestCondition match = condition.getMatchingCondition(new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/foo;q=1/bar;s=1"));
+
+		assertNotNull(match);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void compareEqualPatterns() {
 		PatternsRequestCondition c1 = new PatternsRequestCondition("/foo*");
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/RequestMappingInfoHandlerMappingTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/RequestMappingInfoHandlerMappingTests.java
index 2db8412a82..0998bf59f0 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/RequestMappingInfoHandlerMappingTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/RequestMappingInfoHandlerMappingTests.java
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ public class RequestMappingInfoHandlerMappingTests {
 
 		this.handlerMapping = new TestRequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping();
 		this.handlerMapping.registerHandler(testController);
-		this.handlerMapping.setRemoveSemicolonContent(false);
 	}
 
 	@Test