diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/PathWatcher.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/PathWatcher.java
index c095f488b53..5a48684b27b 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/PathWatcher.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/PathWatcher.java
@@ -376,11 +376,16 @@ public class PathWatcher extends AbstractLifeCycle implements Runnable
             boolean needDelim = false;
 
             // Add root (aka "C:\" for Windows)
-            if (path.getRoot() != null)
+            Path root = path.getRoot();
+            if (root != null)
             {
-                for (char c : path.getRoot().toString().toCharArray())
+                if (NOISY_LOG.isDebugEnabled())
                 {
-                    if (c != '\\')
+                    NOISY_LOG.debug("Path: {} -> Root: {}",path,root);
+                }
+                for (char c : root.toString().toCharArray())
+                {
+                    if (c == '\\')
                     {
                         s.append(PATTERN_SEP);
                     }
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/test/resources/jetty-logging.properties b/jetty-util/src/test/resources/jetty-logging.properties
index 0e3f8af5906..76035ea1ee8 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/test/resources/jetty-logging.properties
+++ b/jetty-util/src/test/resources/jetty-logging.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.class=org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.StdErrLog
 #org.eclipse.jetty.util.LEVEL=DEBUG
 
-org.eclipse.jetty.util.PathWatcher.Noisy.LEVEL=OFF
+#org.eclipse.jetty.util.PathWatcher.Noisy.LEVEL=OFF