diff --git a/spec/lib/extracts_path_spec.rb b/spec/lib/extracts_path_spec.rb
index 36c77206a3f935255113d977ddd8074ad7bc4acc..1d08daee059ec90c2b5262406f3ae30d82077dbb 100644
--- a/spec/lib/extracts_path_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/extracts_path_spec.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@
         expect(@id).to start_with('foo%20bar/')
       end
     end
+
+    context 'path contains space' do
+      let(:params) { { path: 'with space', ref: '38008cb17ce1466d8fec2dfa6f6ab8dcfe5cf49e' } }
+
+      it 'is not converted to %20 in @path' do
+        assign_ref_vars
+
+        expect(@path).to eq(params[:path])
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#extract_ref' do