diff --git a/cinder/api/common.py b/cinder/api/common.py
index 23479ca5957..e357785aed5 100644
--- a/cinder/api/common.py
+++ b/cinder/api/common.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def remove_version_from_href(href):
 
     """
     parsed_url = urllib.parse.urlsplit(href)
-    url_parts = parsed_url.path.split('/', 2)
+    url_parts = parsed_url.path.split('/')
 
     # NOTE: this should match vX.X or vX
     expression = re.compile(r'^v([0-9]+|[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)(/.*|$)')
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/api/test_common.py b/cinder/tests/unit/api/test_common.py
index 242ec2de812..84cce1997d1 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/api/test_common.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/api/test_common.py
@@ -261,7 +261,9 @@ class MiscFunctionsTest(test.TestCase):
               ('http://cinder.example.com/v1.1/images/v10.5',
                'http://cinder.example.com/images/v10.5'),
               ('http://cinder.example.com/cinder/v2',
-               'http://cinder.example.com/cinder'))
+               'http://cinder.example.com/cinder'),
+              ('http://cinder.example.com/volume/v2/123',
+               'http://cinder.example.com/volume/123'))
     @ddt.unpack
     def test_remove_version_from_href(self, fixture, expected):
         """Test for removing version from href