diff --git a/airflow/providers/samba/hooks/samba.py b/airflow/providers/samba/hooks/samba.py
index 7f846e351b10c..df46c0cf3489a 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/samba/hooks/samba.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/samba/hooks/samba.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
         self._connection_cache.clear()
 
     def _join_path(self, path):
-        return f"//{posixpath.join(self._host, self._share, path)}"
+        return f"//{posixpath.join(self._host, self._share, path.lstrip('/'))}"
 
     @wraps(smbclient.link)
     def link(self, src, dst, follow_symlinks=True):
diff --git a/tests/providers/samba/hooks/test_samba.py b/tests/providers/samba/hooks/test_samba.py
index 4fb36d8ca9f94..a2c45a829c973 100644
--- a/tests/providers/samba/hooks/test_samba.py
+++ b/tests/providers/samba/hooks/test_samba.py
@@ -130,3 +130,15 @@ def test_method(self, name, get_conn_mock):
 
             # We expect keyword arguments to include the connection settings.
             assert dict(kwargs, **connection_settings) == p_kwargs
+
+    @parameterized.expand(
+        [
+            ("/start/path/with/slash", "//ip/share/start/path/with/slash"),
+            ("start/path/without/slash", "//ip/share/start/path/without/slash"),
+        ],
+    )
+    @mock.patch('airflow.hooks.base.BaseHook.get_connection')
+    def test__join_path(self, path, full_path, get_conn_mock):
+        get_conn_mock.return_value = CONNECTION
+        hook = SambaHook('samba_default')
+        assert hook._join_path(path) == full_path