diff --git a/modules/apps/journal/journal-service/src/main/java/com/liferay/journal/service/impl/JournalArticleLocalServiceImpl.java b/modules/apps/journal/journal-service/src/main/java/com/liferay/journal/service/impl/JournalArticleLocalServiceImpl.java
index 641a55cbf932a8..f7f376d65de8c6 100644
--- a/modules/apps/journal/journal-service/src/main/java/com/liferay/journal/service/impl/JournalArticleLocalServiceImpl.java
+++ b/modules/apps/journal/journal-service/src/main/java/com/liferay/journal/service/impl/JournalArticleLocalServiceImpl.java
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 import com.liferay.osgi.service.tracker.collections.list.ServiceTrackerListFactory;
 import com.liferay.petra.sql.dsl.DSLFunctionFactoryUtil;
 import com.liferay.petra.sql.dsl.DSLQueryFactoryUtil;
+import com.liferay.petra.string.CharPool;
 import com.liferay.petra.string.StringBundler;
 import com.liferay.petra.string.StringPool;
 import com.liferay.portal.aop.AopService;
@@ -7421,7 +7422,7 @@ private Map<Locale, String> _checkFriendlyURLMap(
 		}
 
 		return HashMapBuilder.put(
-			defaultLocale, titleMap.get(defaultLocale)
+			defaultLocale, _removeTrailingSlashes(titleMap.get(defaultLocale))
 		).build();
 	}
 
@@ -8111,6 +8112,20 @@ private void _removeDDMFormFieldValues(
 		}
 	}
 
+	private String _removeTrailingSlashes(String title) {
+		if (Validator.isNull(title) || !title.endsWith(StringPool.SLASH)) {
+			return title;
+		}
+
+		int end = title.length();
+
+		while ((end > 0) && (title.charAt(end - 1) == CharPool.SLASH)) {
+			end--;
+		}
+
+		return title.substring(0, end);
+	}
+
 	private String _replaceTempImages(JournalArticle article, String content)
 		throws PortalException {