diff --git a/scripts/actionlint.sh b/scripts/actionlint.sh
index 482f685..a99c998 100755
--- a/scripts/actionlint.sh
+++ b/scripts/actionlint.sh
@@ -121,15 +121,16 @@ echo
 cd "$REPO_ROOT" || exit 1
 
 # If a repo has it's own action lint config, use that. Otherwise, use the one in this repo.
+# Note: we've already cd'd into $REPO_ROOT above, so use paths relative to cwd.
 CONFIG=""
-if [[ ! -f "$REPO_ROOT/.github/actionlint.yml" ]] && [[ ! -f "$REPO_ROOT/.github/actionlint.yaml" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -f ".github/actionlint.yml" ]] && [[ ! -f ".github/actionlint.yaml" ]]; then
     CONFIG=" -config-file $(readlink -f "$SCRIPT_DIR"/../.github/actionlint.yml)"
     info "Using default Github-Actions repo actionlint.yml" >&2
-else 
-    if [[ -f "$REPO_ROOT/.github/actionlint.yml" ]]; then
-        CONFIG=" -config-file $(readlink -f "$REPO_ROOT/.github/actionlint.yml")"
-    elif [[ -f "$REPO_ROOT/.github/actionlint.yaml" ]]; then
-        CONFIG=" -config-file $(readlink -f "$REPO_ROOT/.github/actionlint.yaml")"
+else
+    if [[ -f ".github/actionlint.yml" ]]; then
+        CONFIG=" -config-file $(readlink -f ".github/actionlint.yml")"
+    elif [[ -f ".github/actionlint.yaml" ]]; then
+        CONFIG=" -config-file $(readlink -f ".github/actionlint.yaml")"
     else
         error "Should be unreachable -- previously found a valid local actionlint but cannot find it now..."
         exit 1