diff --git a/route.go b/route.go
index d5afa46..330cf0a 100644
--- a/route.go
+++ b/route.go
@@ -74,13 +74,14 @@ func (r *Route) Match(req *http.Request, match *RouteMatch) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
+	// If a route matches, but the HTTP method does not, we do one of two (2) things:
+	// 1. Reset the match error if we find a matching method later.
+	// 2. Else, we override the matched handler in the event we have a possible fallback handler for that route.
+	//
+	// This prevents propagation of ErrMethodMismatch once a suitable match is found for a Method-Path combination
 	if match.MatchErr == ErrMethodMismatch {
 		// We found a route which matches request method, clear MatchErr
 		match.MatchErr = nil
-		// Then override the mis-matched handler
-		if r.handler != nil {
-			match.Handler = r.handler
-		}
 	}
 
 	// Yay, we have a match. Let's collect some info about it.