diff --git a/cmd/common-main.go b/cmd/common-main.go
index 8c9b537fb..c0b04a7b7 100644
--- a/cmd/common-main.go
+++ b/cmd/common-main.go
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ func handleCommonEnvVars() {
 				err := fmt.Errorf("URL contains unexpected resources, expected URL to be of http(s)://minio.example.com format: %v", u)
 				logger.Fatal(err, "Invalid MINIO_BROWSER_REDIRECT value is environment variable")
 			}
+			u.Path = "" // remove any path component such as `/`
 			globalBrowserRedirectURL = u
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/net.go b/cmd/net.go
index a0ba9ff0e..9caa0f04e 100644
--- a/cmd/net.go
+++ b/cmd/net.go
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ func sortIPs(ipList []string) []string {
 }
 
 func getConsoleEndpoints() (consoleEndpoints []string) {
+	if globalBrowserRedirectURL != nil {
+		return []string{globalBrowserRedirectURL.String()}
+	}
 	var ipList []string
 	if globalMinioConsoleHost == "" {
 		ipList = sortIPs(mustGetLocalIP4().ToSlice())