diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/testInfo.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/testInfo.ts
index a582b8fd1d..35e24792bd 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/testInfo.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/testInfo.ts
@@ -246,19 +246,20 @@ export class TestInfoImpl implements TestInfo {
     const parsedRelativeTestFilePath = path.parse(relativeTestFilePath);
     const projectNamePathSegment = sanitizeForFilePath(this.project.name);
 
-    const snapshotPath = path.resolve(this.config._configDir, this.project.snapshotPathTemplate
+    const snapshotPath = this.project.snapshotPathTemplate
         .replace(/\{(.)?testDir\}/g, '$1' + this.project.testDir)
         .replace(/\{(.)?snapshotDir\}/g, '$1' + this.project.snapshotDir)
-        .replace(/\{(.)?snapshotSuffix\}/g, this.snapshotSuffix ? '$1' + this.snapshotSuffix : ''))
+        .replace(/\{(.)?snapshotSuffix\}/g, this.snapshotSuffix ? '$1' + this.snapshotSuffix : '')
+        .replace(/\{(.)?testFileDir\}/g, '$1' + parsedRelativeTestFilePath.dir)
         .replace(/\{(.)?platform\}/g, '$1' + process.platform)
         .replace(/\{(.)?projectName\}/g, projectNamePathSegment ? '$1' + projectNamePathSegment : '')
         .replace(/\{(.)?testName\}/g, '$1' + this._fsSanitizedTestName())
-        .replace(/\{(.)?testFileDir\}/g, '$1' + parsedRelativeTestFilePath.dir)
         .replace(/\{(.)?testFileName\}/g, '$1' + parsedRelativeTestFilePath.base)
         .replace(/\{(.)?testFilePath\}/g, '$1' + relativeTestFilePath)
         .replace(/\{(.)?arg\}/g, '$1' + path.join(parsedSubPath.dir, parsedSubPath.name))
         .replace(/\{(.)?ext\}/g, parsedSubPath.ext ? '$1' + parsedSubPath.ext : '');
-    return path.normalize(snapshotPath);
+
+    return path.normalize(path.resolve(this.config._configDir, snapshotPath));
   }
 
   skip(...args: [arg?: any, description?: string]) {