diff --git a/src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/Finder/DownstreamRouteFinder.cs b/src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/Finder/DownstreamRouteFinder.cs
index d7713aee..b236c291 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/Finder/DownstreamRouteFinder.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/Finder/DownstreamRouteFinder.cs
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ namespace Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder.Finder
 
         private bool RouteIsApplicableToThisRequest(ReRoute reRoute, string httpMethod, string upstreamHost)
         {
-            return reRoute.UpstreamHttpMethod.Count == 0 || reRoute.UpstreamHttpMethod.Select(x => x.Method.ToLower()).Contains(httpMethod.ToLower()) && !(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(reRoute.UpstreamHost) && reRoute.UpstreamHost != upstreamHost);
+            return (reRoute.UpstreamHttpMethod.Count == 0 || reRoute.UpstreamHttpMethod.Select(x => x.Method.ToLower()).Contains(httpMethod.ToLower())) &&
+                   (string.IsNullOrEmpty(reRoute.UpstreamHost) || reRoute.UpstreamHost == upstreamHost);
         }
 
         private DownstreamRoute GetPlaceholderNamesAndValues(string path, ReRoute reRoute)
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinderTests.cs b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinderTests.cs
index 6b66abe3..b1ea2c81 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinderTests.cs
+++ b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinderTests.cs
@@ -583,6 +583,19 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
                             .WithUpstreamHttpMethod(new List<string> { "Get" })
                             .WithUpstreamTemplatePattern(new UpstreamPathTemplate("someUpstreamPath", 1))
                             .WithUpstreamHost("MATCH")
+                            .Build(),
+                        new ReRouteBuilder()
+                            .WithDownstreamReRoute(new DownstreamReRouteBuilder()
+                                .WithDownstreamPathTemplate("someDownstreamPath")
+                                .WithUpstreamPathTemplate("someUpstreamPath")
+                                .WithUpstreamHttpMethod(new List<string> { }) // empty list of methods
+                                .WithUpstreamTemplatePattern(new UpstreamPathTemplate("someUpstreamPath", 1))
+                                .WithUpstreamHost("MATCH")
+                                .Build())
+                            .WithUpstreamPathTemplate("someUpstreamPath")
+                            .WithUpstreamHttpMethod(new List<string> { }) // empty list of methods
+                            .WithUpstreamTemplatePattern(new UpstreamPathTemplate("someUpstreamPath", 1))
+                            .WithUpstreamHost("MATCH")
                             .Build()
                     }, string.Empty, serviceProviderConfig
                 ))