diff --git a/lua/avante/file_selector.lua b/lua/avante/file_selector.lua
index 3d32e2344..c5241d652 100644
--- a/lua/avante/file_selector.lua
+++ b/lua/avante/file_selector.lua
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ end
 function FileSelector:add_selected_file(filepath)
   if not filepath or filepath == "" then return end
 
-  -- if the file is in the current working directory then we can make it uniform the path
-  local uniform_path = Utils.file.is_in_cwd(filepath) and Utils.uniform_path(filepath) or filepath
+  local uniform_path = Utils.uniform_path(filepath)
 
   -- Avoid duplicates
   if not vim.tbl_contains(self.selected_filepaths, uniform_path) then
diff --git a/lua/avante/utils/init.lua b/lua/avante/utils/init.lua
index 92b8be237..73b20f81a 100644
--- a/lua/avante/utils/init.lua
+++ b/lua/avante/utils/init.lua
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ function M.get_current_selection_diagnostics(bufnr, selection)
 end
 
 function M.uniform_path(path)
+  if not M.file.is_in_cwd(path) then return path end
   local project_root = M.get_project_root()
   local abs_path = Path:new(project_root):joinpath(path):absolute()
   local relative_path = Path:new(abs_path):make_relative(project_root)