diff --git a/salt/common/nginx/nginx.conf.so-eval b/salt/common/nginx/nginx.conf.so-eval
index 254f9834c..e2615808f 100644
--- a/salt/common/nginx/nginx.conf.so-eval
+++ b/salt/common/nginx/nginx.conf.so-eval
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ http {
         error_page 401 = @error401;
 
         location @error401 {
-          add_header    Set-Cookie "AUTH_REDIRECT=$request_uri;Max-Age=14400";
+          add_header    Set-Cookie "AUTH_REDIRECT=$request_uri;Path=/;Max-Age=14400";
           return        302 /auth/self-service/browser/flows/login;
         }