diff --git a/plugins/rest/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/rest/RestActionMapper.java b/plugins/rest/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/rest/RestActionMapper.java
index f1fc41a0fa..678a6f30ee 100644
--- a/plugins/rest/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/rest/RestActionMapper.java
+++ b/plugins/rest/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/rest/RestActionMapper.java
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ private void handleDynamicMethodInvocation(ActionMapping mapping, String name) {
 
             mapping.setName(actionName);
             if (allowDynamicMethodCalls) {
-                mapping.setMethod(actionMethod);
+                mapping.setMethod(cleanupActionName(actionMethod));
             } else {
                 mapping.setMethod(null);
             }