diff --git a/lib/apply-extends.js b/lib/apply-extends.js
index 1675fb420..ec751b0b0 100644
--- a/lib/apply-extends.js
+++ b/lib/apply-extends.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function checkForCircularExtends (path) {
 }
 
 function getPathToDefaultConfig (cwd, pathToExtend) {
-  return path.isAbsolute(pathToExtend) ? pathToExtend : path.join(cwd, pathToExtend)
+  return path.resolve(cwd, pathToExtend)
 }
 
 function applyExtends (config, cwd, subKey) {