diff --git a/faker/providers/file/__init__.py b/faker/providers/file/__init__.py
index 5c61b38a77..f84fa13d2b 100644
--- a/faker/providers/file/__init__.py
+++ b/faker/providers/file/__init__.py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def file_path(
 
         file: str = self.file_name(category, extension)
         if no_extension:
-            file = re.sub(r"\.[^/]+$", "", file)
+            file = file.rsplit(".", 1)[0]
         path: str = f"/{file}"
         for _ in range(0, depth):
             path = f"/{self.generator.word()}{path}"