diff --git a/go/raft/http_client.go b/go/raft/http_client.go
index dc65ed18a..c7ea49e0b 100644
--- a/go/raft/http_client.go
+++ b/go/raft/http_client.go
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ func HttpGetLeader(path string) (response []byte, err error) {
 	}
 	leaderAPI := leaderURI
 	if config.Config.URLPrefix != "" {
-		leaderAPI = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", leaderAPI, config.Config.URLPrefix)
+		// We know URLPrefix begind with "/"
+		leaderAPI = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", leaderAPI, config.Config.URLPrefix)
 	}
 	leaderAPI = fmt.Sprintf("%s/api", leaderAPI)