diff --git a/src/net/http/cookie.go b/src/net/http/cookie.go
index 979fedc8b4..3483e16381 100644
--- a/src/net/http/cookie.go
+++ b/src/net/http/cookie.go
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ func (c *Cookie) Valid() error {
 		}
 	}
 	if c.Partitioned {
-		if !c.Secure || c.Path != "/" {
-			return errors.New("http: partitioned cookies must be set with Secure and Path=/")
+		if !c.Secure {
+			return errors.New("http: partitioned cookies must be set with Secure")
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/src/net/http/cookie_test.go b/src/net/http/cookie_test.go
index ca8a158610..aac6956362 100644
--- a/src/net/http/cookie_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/cookie_test.go
@@ -574,7 +574,6 @@ func TestCookieValid(t *testing.T) {
 		{&Cookie{Name: ""}, false},
 		{&Cookie{Name: "invalid-value", Value: "foo\"bar"}, false},
 		{&Cookie{Name: "invalid-path", Path: "/foo;bar/"}, false},
-		{&Cookie{Name: "invalid-path-for-partitioned", Value: "foo", Path: "/bar", Secure: true, Partitioned: true}, false},
 		{&Cookie{Name: "invalid-secure-for-partitioned", Value: "foo", Path: "/", Secure: false, Partitioned: true}, false},
 		{&Cookie{Name: "invalid-domain", Domain: "example.com:80"}, false},
 		{&Cookie{Name: "invalid-expiry", Value: "", Expires: time.Date(1600, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, time.UTC)}, false},