diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/Utils/Utils.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/Utils/Utils.cpp
index e6bfd78806..12c6473905 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/Utils/Utils.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzCore/AzCore/Utils/Utils.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace AZ::Utils
         {
             // Fix the size value of the fixed string by calculating the c-string length using char traits
             absolutePath.resize_no_construct(AZStd::char_traits<char>::length(absolutePath.data()));
-            return srcPath;
+            return absolutePath;
         }
 
         return AZStd::nullopt;