diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServer.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServer.scala
index aa9e9a6dd4887..ca21a8056d1b5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServer.scala
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ class HistoryServer(
       // attempt ID (separated by a slash).
       val parts = Option(req.getPathInfo()).getOrElse("").split("/")
       if (parts.length < 2) {
-        res.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST,
-          s"Unexpected path info in request (URI = ${req.getRequestURI()}")
-        return
+        res.sendRedirect("/")
       }
 
       val appId = parts(1)
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServerSuite.scala
index 8737cd5bb3241..db02cf85693a2 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServerSuite.scala
@@ -644,6 +644,19 @@ class HistoryServerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Matchers
     val actualContentType = conn.getContentType
     assert(actualContentType === expectedContentType)
   }
+
+  test("Redirect to the root page when accessed to /history/") {
+    val port = server.boundPort
+    val url = new URL(s"http://localhost:$port/history/")
+    val conn = url.openConnection().asInstanceOf[HttpURLConnection]
+    conn.setRequestMethod("GET")
+    conn.setUseCaches(false)
+    conn.setDefaultUseCaches(false)
+    conn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false)
+    conn.connect()
+    assert(conn.getResponseCode === 302)
+    assert(conn.getHeaderField("Location") === s"http://localhost:$port/")
+  }
 }
 
 object HistoryServerSuite {