diff --git a/Makefile.d/actions.mk b/Makefile.d/actions.mk
index 6ae308c54b9..6d1f0516ec6 100644
--- a/Makefile.d/actions.mk
+++ b/Makefile.d/actions.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-ACTIONS_LIST := $(eval ACTIONS_LIST := $(shell rg -o -I -r '$$1' ".*- uses: (.*?)@.*" .github | sort | uniq))$(ACTIONS_LIST)
+ACTIONS_LIST := $(eval ACTIONS_LIST := $(shell rg -o -I -r '$$1' ".*- uses: (.*?)@.*" $(ROOTDIR)/.github | sort | uniq))$(ACTIONS_LIST)
 
 .PHONY: list/actions
 ## show variation of external actions