diff --git a/pkg/util/fs_util.go b/pkg/util/fs_util.go
index a5ecaab1b..230d87669 100644
--- a/pkg/util/fs_util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/fs_util.go
@@ -468,10 +468,10 @@ func ParentDirectories(path string) []string {
 		}
 		dir, _ = filepath.Split(dir)
 		dir = filepath.Clean(dir)
-		paths = append(paths, dir)
+		paths = append([]string{dir}, paths...)
 	}
 	if len(paths) == 0 {
-		paths = append(paths, config.RootDir)
+		paths = []string{config.RootDir}
 	}
 	return paths
 }
diff --git a/pkg/util/fs_util_test.go b/pkg/util/fs_util_test.go
index b560330b2..5ba37fef9 100644
--- a/pkg/util/fs_util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/fs_util_test.go
@@ -213,8 +213,6 @@ func Test_ParentDirectories(t *testing.T) {
 			defer func() { config.RootDir = original }()
 			config.RootDir = tt.rootDir
 			actual := ParentDirectories(tt.path)
-			sort.Strings(actual)
-			sort.Strings(tt.expected)
 
 			testutil.CheckErrorAndDeepEqual(t, false, nil, tt.expected, actual)
 		})