diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
index 59433176dc..077c87c8d6 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ private List<DomainModel> getDomainModelParentsFromLocalPath( PomClassicDomainMo
         {
             return domainModels;
         }
-
+        
         File parentFile = new File( projectDirectory, domainModel.getRelativePathOfParent() ).getCanonicalFile();
         if ( parentFile.isDirectory() )
         {
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ private List<DomainModel> getDomainModelParentsFromLocalPath( PomClassicDomainMo
         	{
         		 if ( isParentLocal( parentDomainModel.getRelativePathOfParent(), parentFile.getParentFile() ) )
                  {
-        			 domainModels.addAll( getDomainModelParentsFromLocalPath( parentDomainModel, localRepository, remoteRepositories, topProject.getFile(), projectBuilderConfiguration ) );
+        			 domainModels.addAll( getDomainModelParentsFromLocalPath( parentDomainModel, localRepository, remoteRepositories, topProject.getFile().getParentFile(), projectBuilderConfiguration ) );
                  }
                  else
                  {
diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java
index d4f626b887..3ee647254f 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java
@@ -1409,15 +1409,8 @@ public void testDistributionManagement()
 	{
 	    PomTestWrapper pom = this.buildPom( "distribution-management");
 	    assertEquals("legacy", pom.getValue( "distributionManagement/repository/layout" ));
-	}   
- /*   
-    public void testRelativePath()
-	    throws Exception
-	{
-	    PomTestWrapper pom = this.buildPom( "relative-path/C");
-	    System.out.println(pom.getDomainModel().asString());
-	}      
-*/    
+	}       
+  
     private void assertPathSuffixEquals( String expected, Object actual )
     {
         String a = actual.toString();