diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs
index 830135f516c..84917e3b5c8 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs
@@ -146,7 +146,12 @@ private static string GetCorrectCasedPath(string path)
                     else if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(item))
                     {
                         // This handles the trailing slash case
-                        continue;
+                        if (!exactPath.EndsWith(StringLiterals.DefaultPathSeparator))
+                        {
+                            exactPath += StringLiterals.DefaultPathSeparator;
+                        }
+
+                        break;
                     }
                     else if (item.Contains('~'))
                     {
@@ -159,11 +164,6 @@ private static string GetCorrectCasedPath(string path)
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (path.EndsWith(StringLiterals.DefaultPathSeparator))
-                {
-                    return exactPath + StringLiterals.DefaultPathSeparator;
-                }
-
                 return exactPath;
             }
             else
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Get-Item.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Get-Item.Tests.ps1
index c9be5e10f8f..3cc07f85f35 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Get-Item.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Get-Item.Tests.ps1
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ Describe "Get-Item" -Tags "CI" {
         $result.Exists | Should -BeTrue
     }
 
+    It "Should return correct result for ToString() on root of drive" {
+        $root = $IsWindows ? "${env:SystemDrive}\" : "/"
+        (Get-Item -Path $root).ToString() | Should -BeExactly $root
+    }
+
     Context "Test for Include, Exclude, and Filter" {
         BeforeAll {
             ${testBaseDir} = "${TESTDRIVE}/IncludeExclude"