diff --git a/velox/functions/prestosql/URLFunctions.h b/velox/functions/prestosql/URLFunctions.h
index be6edcd7bd4a8..d3d50fd894a15 100644
--- a/velox/functions/prestosql/URLFunctions.h
+++ b/velox/functions/prestosql/URLFunctions.h
@@ -242,19 +242,15 @@ template <typename T>
 struct UrlExtractPathFunction {
   VELOX_DEFINE_FUNCTION_TYPES(T);
 
-  // Results refer to strings in the first argument.
-  static constexpr int32_t reuse_strings_from_arg = 0;
-
-  // ASCII input always produces ASCII result.
-  static constexpr bool is_default_ascii_behavior = true;
+  // Input is always ASCII, but result may or may not be ASCII.
 
-  FOLLY_ALWAYS_INLINE bool call(
+  FOLLY_ALWAYS_INLINE void call(
       out_type<Varchar>& result,
       const arg_type<Varchar>& url) {
     boost::cmatch match;
     if (!parse(url, match)) {
       result.setEmpty();
-      return true;
+      return;
     }
 
     boost::cmatch authAndPathMatch;
@@ -263,14 +259,14 @@ struct UrlExtractPathFunction {
 
     if (matchAuthorityAndPath(
             match, authAndPathMatch, authorityMatch, hasAuthority)) {
+      StringView escapedPath;
       if (hasAuthority) {
-        result.setNoCopy(submatch(authAndPathMatch, 2));
+        escapedPath = submatch(authAndPathMatch, 2);
       } else {
-        result.setNoCopy(submatch(match, 2));
+        escapedPath = submatch(match, 2);
       }
+      urlUnescape(result, escapedPath);
     }
-
-    return true;
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/velox/functions/prestosql/tests/URLFunctionsTest.cpp b/velox/functions/prestosql/tests/URLFunctionsTest.cpp
index aebcc43b7ef8e..2269f02af4dfe 100644
--- a/velox/functions/prestosql/tests/URLFunctionsTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/functions/prestosql/tests/URLFunctionsTest.cpp
@@ -16,27 +16,26 @@
 #include <gmock/gmock.h>
 #include "velox/functions/prestosql/tests/utils/FunctionBaseTest.h"
 
-using string_t = std::string;
-
 namespace facebook::velox {
 
 namespace {
 class URLFunctionsTest : public functions::test::FunctionBaseTest {
  protected:
   void validate(
-      const string_t& url,
-      const string_t& expectedProtocol,
-      const string_t& expectedHost,
-      const string_t& expectedPath,
-      const string_t& expectedFragment,
-      const string_t& expectedQuery,
+      const std::string& url,
+      const std::string& expectedProtocol,
+      const std::string& expectedHost,
+      const std::string& expectedPath,
+      const std::string& expectedFragment,
+      const std::string& expectedQuery,
       const std::optional<int32_t> expectedPort) {
-    const auto extractFn = [&](const string_t& fn,
-                               const std::optional<string_t>& a) {
-      return evaluateOnce<string_t>(fmt::format("url_extract_{}(c0)", fn), a);
+    const auto extractFn = [&](const std::string& fn,
+                               const std::optional<std::string>& a) {
+      return evaluateOnce<std::string>(
+          fmt::format("url_extract_{}(c0)", fn), a);
     };
 
-    const auto extractPort = [&](const std::optional<string_t>& a) {
+    const auto extractPort = [&](const std::optional<std::string>& a) {
       return evaluateOnce<int64_t>("url_extract_port(c0)", a);
     };
 
@@ -101,6 +100,17 @@ TEST_F(URLFunctionsTest, validateURL) {
   validate("foo", "", "", "", "", "", std::nullopt);
 }
 
+TEST_F(URLFunctionsTest, extractPath) {
+  const auto extractPath = [&](const std::optional<std::string>& url) {
+    return evaluateOnce<std::string>("url_extract_path(c0)", url);
+  };
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(
+      "/media/set/Books and Magazines.php",
+      extractPath(
+          "https://www.cnn.com/media/set/Books%20and%20Magazines.php?foo=bar"));
+}
+
 TEST_F(URLFunctionsTest, extractParameter) {
   const auto extractParam = [&](const std::optional<std::string>& a,
                                 const std::optional<std::string>& b) {