diff --git a/lib/jekyll/renderer.rb b/lib/jekyll/renderer.rb
index dff212ef961..7ecd1cb3d33 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/renderer.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/renderer.rb
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def render_layout(output, layout, info)
         layout.content,
         payload,
         info,
-        layout.relative_path
+        layout.path
       )
     end