diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index 5747ed612..137701264 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ def _process(self, *, path, parent_fd=None, name=None,
                         with backup_io('scandir'):
                             entries = helpers.scandir_inorder(path=path, fd=child_fd)
                         for dirent in entries:
-                            normpath = os.path.normpath(dirent.path)
+                            normpath = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(path, dirent.name))
                             self._process(path=normpath, parent_fd=child_fd, name=dirent.name,
                                           fso=fso, cache=cache, matcher=matcher,
                                           exclude_caches=exclude_caches, exclude_if_present=exclude_if_present,
diff --git a/src/borg/helpers/fs.py b/src/borg/helpers/fs.py
index 6c9d9556f..24c525d25 100644
--- a/src/borg/helpers/fs.py
+++ b/src/borg/helpers/fs.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def scandir_keyfunc(dirent):
 
 
 def scandir_inorder(*, path, fd=None):
-    # py37+ supports giving a fd instead of a path
+    # py37+ supports giving an fd instead of a path (no full entry.path in DirEntry in that case!)
     arg = fd if fd is not None and py_37_plus else path
     return sorted(os.scandir(arg), key=scandir_keyfunc)