diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py b/lib/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py
index 633affe6bc5..39e95c2261c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class PlaybookExecutor:
                             if C.RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH:
                                 basedir = C.shell_expand(C.RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH)
                             elif playbook_path:
-                                basedir = os.path.dirname(playbook_path)
+                                basedir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(playbook_path))
                             else:
                                 basedir = '~/'