diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py b/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py
index 691b8488a2..461c4a8b5d 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/proxy_logging.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class ProxyLoggingMiddleware(object):
         req = Request(env)
         if client_disconnect:  # log disconnected clients as '499' status code
             status_int = 499
-        req_path = get_valid_utf8_str(env.get('PATH_INFO', ''))
+        req_path = get_valid_utf8_str(req.path)
         the_request = quote(unquote(req_path))
         if req.query_string:
             the_request = the_request + '?' + req.query_string
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_proxy_logging.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_proxy_logging.py
index 5508ec454b..7b68a20d10 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_proxy_logging.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_proxy_logging.py
@@ -245,6 +245,22 @@ class TestProxyLogging(unittest.TestCase):
         resp = app(req.environ, start_response)
         body = ''.join(resp)
 
+    def test_req_path_info_popping(self):
+        app = proxy_logging.ProxyLoggingMiddleware(FakeApp(), {})
+        app.access_logger = FakeLogger()
+        req = Request.blank('/v1/something', environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'})
+        req.path_info_pop()
+        self.assertEquals(req.environ['PATH_INFO'], '/something')
+        resp = app(req.environ, start_response)
+        resp_body = ''.join(resp)
+        log_parts = app.access_logger.msg.split()
+        self.assertEquals(log_parts[3], 'GET')
+        self.assertEquals(log_parts[4], '/v1/something')
+        self.assertEquals(log_parts[5], 'HTTP/1.0')
+        self.assertEquals(log_parts[6], '200')
+        self.assertEquals(resp_body, 'FAKE APP')
+        self.assertEquals(log_parts[11], str(len(resp_body)))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()