diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 8b9aba4..a027812 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 
     /// Cached current working directory for absolute path construction.
     /// Populated when `--full-path` is set; `None` means search by filename only.
-    pub cwd: Option<PathBuf>,
+    pub full_path_base: Option<PathBuf>,
 
     /// Whether to ignore hidden files and directories (or not).
     pub ignore_hidden: bool,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index edb32bb..e6d5590 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ fn construct_config(mut opts: Opts, pattern_regexps: &[String]) -> Result<Config
     let command = extract_command(&mut opts, colored_output)?;
     let has_command = command.is_some();
 
-    let cwd = if opts.full_path {
+    let full_path_base = if opts.full_path {
         Some(env::current_dir().context(
             "Could not determine current directory. \
              This is required for --full-path.",
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ fn construct_config(mut opts: Opts, pattern_regexps: &[String]) -> Result<Config
 
     Ok(Config {
         case_sensitive,
-        cwd,
+        full_path_base,
         ignore_hidden: !(opts.hidden || opts.rg_alias_ignore()),
         read_fdignore: !(opts.no_ignore || opts.rg_alias_ignore()),
         read_vcsignore: !(opts.no_ignore || opts.rg_alias_ignore() || opts.no_ignore_vcs),
diff --git a/src/walk.rs b/src/walk.rs
index ef0f588..018ad2f 100644
--- a/src/walk.rs
+++ b/src/walk.rs
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ impl WorkerState {
                 // Check the name first, since it doesn't require metadata
                 let entry_path = entry.path();
 
-                let search_str = search_str_for_entry(entry_path, config.cwd.as_deref());
+                let search_str = search_str_for_entry(entry_path, config.full_path_base.as_deref());
 
                 if !patterns
                     .iter()