diff --git a/gateway/blocks_backend.go b/gateway/blocks_backend.go
index 7f58978b0f..edad729322 100644
--- a/gateway/blocks_backend.go
+++ b/gateway/blocks_backend.go
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ func (bb *BlocksBackend) getPathRoots(ctx context.Context, contentPath path.Immu
 func (bb *BlocksBackend) ResolveMutable(ctx context.Context, p path.Path) (path.ImmutablePath, time.Duration, error) {
 	switch p.Namespace() {
 	case path.IPNSNamespace:
-		p, ttl, err := namesys.ResolveIPNS(ctx, bb.namesys, p)
+		p, ttl, err := namesys.Resolve(ctx, bb.namesys, p)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, 0, err
 		}
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ func (bb *BlocksBackend) ResolvePath(ctx context.Context, path path.ImmutablePat
 func (bb *BlocksBackend) resolvePath(ctx context.Context, p path.Path) (path.ImmutablePath, []string, error) {
 	var err error
 	if p.Namespace() == path.IPNSNamespace {
-		p, _, err = namesys.ResolveIPNS(ctx, bb.namesys, p)
+		p, _, err = namesys.Resolve(ctx, bb.namesys, p)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/namesys/ipns_resolver.go b/namesys/ipns_resolver.go
index 2b4597db26..9cd85fc135 100644
--- a/namesys/ipns_resolver.go
+++ b/namesys/ipns_resolver.go
@@ -123,39 +123,6 @@ func (r *IPNSResolver) resolveOnceAsync(ctx context.Context, nameStr string, opt
 	return out
 }
 
-// ResolveIPNS is an utility that takes a [NameSystem] and a [path.Path] and resolves the IPNS Path.
-func ResolveIPNS(ctx context.Context, ns NameSystem, p path.Path) (path.Path, time.Duration, error) {
-	ctx, span := startSpan(ctx, "ResolveIPNS", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("Path", p.String())))
-	defer span.End()
-
-	if p.Namespace() != path.IPNSNamespace {
-		return p, 0, nil
-	}
-
-	if ns == nil {
-		return nil, 0, ErrNoNamesys
-	}
-
-	segments := p.Segments()
-
-	resolvablePath, err := path.NewPathFromSegments(segments[0], segments[1])
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, err
-	}
-
-	resolvedPath, ttl, err := ns.Resolve(ctx, resolvablePath.String())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, err
-	}
-
-	p, err = path.Join(resolvedPath, segments[2:]...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, err
-	}
-
-	return p, ttl, nil
-}
-
 func calculateBestTTL(rec *ipns.Record) (time.Duration, error) {
 	ttl := DefaultResolverCacheTTL
 	if recordTTL, err := rec.TTL(); err == nil {
diff --git a/namesys/namesys.go b/namesys/namesys.go
index e51cc7e8d0..afac2bdc4c 100644
--- a/namesys/namesys.go
+++ b/namesys/namesys.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func (ns *namesys) resolveOnceAsync(ctx context.Context, name string, options Re
 	if p, ttl, ok := ns.cacheGet(cacheKey); ok {
 		var err error
 		if len(segments) > 2 {
-			p, err = path.Join(p, segments[2])
+			p, err = path.Join(p, segments[2:]...)
 		}
 		span.SetAttributes(attribute.Bool("CacheHit", true))
 		span.RecordError(err)
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func (ns *namesys) resolveOnceAsync(ctx context.Context, name string, options Re
 				// Attach rest of the path
 				p := res.Path
 				if p != nil && len(segments) > 2 {
-					p, err = path.Join(p, segments[2])
+					p, err = path.Join(p, segments[2:]...)
 				}
 
 				emitOnceResult(ctx, out, ResolveResult{Path: p, TTL: res.TTL, Err: res.Err})
@@ -294,3 +294,17 @@ func (ns *namesys) Publish(ctx context.Context, name ci.PrivKey, value path.Path
 	ns.cacheSet(cacheKey, value, ttl)
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Resolve is an utility function that takes a [NameSystem] and a [path.Path], and
+// returns the result of [NameSystem.Resolve] for the given path. If the given namesys
+// is nil, [ErrNoNamesys] is returned.
+func Resolve(ctx context.Context, ns NameSystem, p path.Path) (path.Path, time.Duration, error) {
+	ctx, span := startSpan(ctx, "Resolve", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("Path", p.String())))
+	defer span.End()
+
+	if ns == nil {
+		return nil, 0, ErrNoNamesys
+	}
+
+	return ns.Resolve(ctx, p.String())
+}
diff --git a/namesys/namesys_test.go b/namesys/namesys_test.go
index 48eb77813a..2a01681bb6 100644
--- a/namesys/namesys_test.go
+++ b/namesys/namesys_test.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestResolveIPNS(t *testing.T) {
 	inputPath, err := path.NewPath("/ipns/QmatmE9msSfkKxoffpHwNLNKgwZG8eT9Bud6YoPab52vpy/a/b/c")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	res, _, err := ResolveIPNS(context.Background(), ns, inputPath)
+	res, _, err := Resolve(context.Background(), ns, inputPath)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, "/ipfs/Qmcqtw8FfrVSBaRmbWwHxt3AuySBhJLcvmFYi3Lbc4xnwj/a/b/c", res.String())
 }