diff --git a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/precollect_writes.py b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/precollect_writes.py
index a267652f11d..049958bd07d 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/precollect_writes.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/precollect_writes.py
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ def process(self, instance):
             os.path.basename(filepath)
             for filepath in expected_paths
         ]
-
-        output_dir = os.path.dirname(expected_paths[0])
+        path = nuke.filename(node)
+        output_dir = os.path.dirname(path)
 
         self.log.debug('output dir: {}'.format(output_dir))