diff --git a/src/ROUTES.ts b/src/ROUTES.ts
index 3074432aa0d2..92621a658d67 100644
--- a/src/ROUTES.ts
+++ b/src/ROUTES.ts
@@ -773,17 +773,16 @@ const ROUTES = {
         },
     },
     SPLIT_EXPENSE_SEARCH: {
-        route: 'create/split-expense/overview/:reportID/:transactionID/:splitExpenseTransactionID?/search',
+        route: 'create/split-expense/overview/:reportID/:transactionID/:splitExpenseTransactionID/search/:backTo?',
         getRoute: (reportID: string | undefined, originalTransactionID: string | undefined, splitExpenseTransactionID?: string, backTo?: string) => {
             if (!reportID || !originalTransactionID) {
                 Log.warn(`Invalid ${reportID}(reportID) or ${originalTransactionID}(transactionID) is used to build the SPLIT_EXPENSE_SEARCH route`);
             }
 
+            const splitExpenseTransactionIDPart = splitExpenseTransactionID ? `/${splitExpenseTransactionID}` : '/0';
+
             // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax -- Legacy route generation
-            return getUrlWithBackToParam(
-                `create/split-expense/overview/${reportID}/${originalTransactionID}${splitExpenseTransactionID ? `/${splitExpenseTransactionID}` : ''}/search`,
-                backTo,
-            );
+            return getUrlWithBackToParam(`create/split-expense/overview/${reportID}/${originalTransactionID}${splitExpenseTransactionIDPart}/search`, backTo);
         },
     },
     SPLIT_EXPENSE_CREATE_DATE_RANGE: {