diff --git a/src/IceRpc.Locator/LocatorInterceptor.cs b/src/IceRpc.Locator/LocatorInterceptor.cs
index ff8336d97a..b230647998 100644
--- a/src/IceRpc.Locator/LocatorInterceptor.cs
+++ b/src/IceRpc.Locator/LocatorInterceptor.cs
@@ -108,13 +108,17 @@ public async Task<IncomingResponse> InvokeAsync(OutgoingRequest request, Cancell
             ServiceAddress serviceAddress,
             IEnumerable<ServerAddress> excludedAddresses)
         {
+            // Use the ServerAddressComparer.OptionalTransport comparer so the filter matches the connection layer's
+            // equality.
             (ServerAddress? ServerAddress, ImmutableList<ServerAddress> AltServerAddresses) result =
                 (serviceAddress.ServerAddress, serviceAddress.AltServerAddresses);
-            if (result.ServerAddress is ServerAddress serverAddress && excludedAddresses.Contains(serverAddress))
+            if (result.ServerAddress is ServerAddress serverAddress &&
+                excludedAddresses.Contains(serverAddress, ServerAddressComparer.OptionalTransport))
             {
                 result.ServerAddress = null;
             }
-            result.AltServerAddresses = result.AltServerAddresses.RemoveAll(e => excludedAddresses.Contains(e));
+            result.AltServerAddresses = result.AltServerAddresses.RemoveAll(
+                e => excludedAddresses.Contains(e, ServerAddressComparer.OptionalTransport));
 
             if (result.ServerAddress is null && result.AltServerAddresses.Count > 0)
             {
diff --git a/tests/IceRpc.Locator.Tests/LocatorInterceptorTests.cs b/tests/IceRpc.Locator.Tests/LocatorInterceptorTests.cs
index 49060c3704..70ac31231b 100644
--- a/tests/IceRpc.Locator.Tests/LocatorInterceptorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/IceRpc.Locator.Tests/LocatorInterceptorTests.cs
@@ -92,6 +92,35 @@ public async Task Resolve_refresh_cache_on_the_second_lookup()
         Assert.That(locationResolver.RefreshCache, Is.True);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Verifies that an excluded server address that differs only in transport from a newly-resolved one
+    /// is filtered out: the connection layer treats them as the same physical endpoint, so the locator must use the
+    /// same OptionalTransport equality when applying RemovedServerAddresses.</summary>
+    [Test]
+    public async Task Removed_address_with_explicit_transport_filters_resolved_address_without_transport()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var invoker = new InlineInvoker((request, cancellationToken) =>
+            Task.FromResult(new IncomingResponse(request, FakeConnectionContext.Instance)));
+        var resolved = new ServiceAddress(new Uri("ice://localhost:10000/foo"));
+        var locationResolver = new MockLocationResolver(resolved, adapterId: false);
+        var sut = new LocatorInterceptor(invoker, locationResolver);
+        var serviceAddress = new ServiceAddress(Protocol.Ice) { Path = "/foo" };
+        using var request = new OutgoingRequest(serviceAddress);
+        var serverAddressFeature = new ServerAddressFeature(serviceAddress)
+        {
+            RemovedServerAddresses = ImmutableList.Create(
+                new ServerAddress(new Uri("ice://localhost:10000?transport=tcp")))
+        };
+        request.Features = request.Features.With<IServerAddressFeature>(serverAddressFeature);
+
+        // Act
+        await sut.InvokeAsync(request, default);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.That(serverAddressFeature.ServerAddress, Is.Null);
+        Assert.That(serverAddressFeature.AltServerAddresses, Is.Empty);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Verifies that the locator interceptor does not set the refresh cache parameter on the second attempt
     /// to resolve a location if the first attempt returned a non cached result.</summary>
     [Test]