diff --git a/packages/next/src/shared/lib/router/router.ts b/packages/next/src/shared/lib/router/router.ts
index 9f5b79ee9f052..d31c8cb4701be 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/shared/lib/router/router.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/shared/lib/router/router.ts
@@ -1070,28 +1070,33 @@ export default class Router implements BaseRouter {
 
     if (process.env.__NEXT_CLIENT_ROUTER_FILTER_ENABLED) {
       const asNoSlash = removeTrailingSlash(new URL(as, 'http://n').pathname)
-      const matchesBflStatic = this._bfl_s?.has(asNoSlash)
-      let matchesBflDynamic = false
-      const asNoSlashParts = asNoSlash.split('/')
-
-      // if any sub-path of as matches a dynamic filter path
-      // it should be hard navigated
-      for (let i = 0; i < asNoSlashParts.length + 1; i++) {
-        const currentPart = asNoSlashParts.slice(0, i).join('/')
-        if (this._bfl_d?.has(currentPart)) {
-          matchesBflDynamic = true
-          break
-        }
-      }
 
-      // if the client router filter is matched then we trigger
-      // a hard navigation
-      if (!isQueryUpdating && (matchesBflStatic || matchesBflDynamic)) {
-        handleHardNavigation({
-          url: addBasePath(addLocale(as, options.locale || this.locale)),
-          router: this,
-        })
-        return false
+      if (
+        asNoSlash !==
+        removeTrailingSlash(new URL(this.asPath, 'http://n').pathname)
+      ) {
+        const matchesBflStatic = this._bfl_s?.has(asNoSlash)
+        let matchesBflDynamic = false
+        const asNoSlashParts = asNoSlash.split('/')
+
+        // if any sub-path of as matches a dynamic filter path
+        // it should be hard navigated
+        for (let i = 0; i < asNoSlashParts.length + 1; i++) {
+          const currentPart = asNoSlashParts.slice(0, i).join('/')
+          if (currentPart && this._bfl_d?.has(currentPart)) {
+            matchesBflDynamic = true
+            break
+          }
+        }
+        // if the client router filter is matched then we trigger
+        // a hard navigation
+        if (!isQueryUpdating && (matchesBflStatic || matchesBflDynamic)) {
+          handleHardNavigation({
+            url: addBasePath(addLocale(as, options.locale || this.locale)),
+            router: this,
+          })
+          return false
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app/index.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/app/index.test.ts
index 26aa384422195..2ede44cf0681e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app/index.test.ts
@@ -27,13 +27,27 @@ createNextDescribe(
     ])(
       'should match redirects in pages correctly $path',
       async ({ pathname }) => {
-        const browser = await next.browser('/')
+        let browser = await next.browser('/')
 
         await browser.eval(`next.router.push("${pathname}")`)
         await check(async () => {
           const href = await browser.eval('location.href')
           return href.includes('example.vercel.sh') ? 'yes' : href
         }, 'yes')
+
+        if (pathname.includes('/blog')) {
+          browser = await next.browser('/blog/first')
+          await browser.eval('window.beforeNav = 1')
+
+          // check 5 times to ensure a reload didn't occur
+          for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+            await waitFor(500)
+            expect(
+              await browser.eval('document.documentElement.innerHTML')
+            ).toContain('hello from pages/blog/[slug]')
+            expect(await browser.eval('window.beforeNav')).toBe(1)
+          }
+        }
       }
     )