diff --git a/source/common/router/config_impl.cc b/source/common/router/config_impl.cc
index 00abecd05ba32..b140f24bc2ad1 100644
--- a/source/common/router/config_impl.cc
+++ b/source/common/router/config_impl.cc
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ RouteEntryImplBase::RouteEntryImplBase(const VirtualHostImpl& vhost,
         "Specify only one of prefix_rewrite, regex_rewrite or path_rewrite_policy");
   }
 
-  if (!route.route().prefix_rewrite().empty() && path_matcher_ != nullptr) {
+  if (!prefix_rewrite_.empty() && path_matcher_ != nullptr) {
     throw EnvoyException("Cannot use prefix_rewrite with matcher extension");
   }