diff --git a/get-changed-paths.sh b/get-changed-paths.sh
index edf83b40..4da328aa 100755
--- a/get-changed-paths.sh
+++ b/get-changed-paths.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function get_diff() {
   done < <(git submodule | awk '{print $2}')
 
   if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
-    git diff --diff-filter="$filter" --name-only --ignore-submodules=all "$base$DIFF$sha" | xargs -I {} dirname {} | dirname_max_depth | uniq && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
+    git diff --diff-filter="$filter" --name-only --ignore-submodules=all "$base$DIFF$sha" | xargs -I {} dirname {} | xargs -I {} dirname_max_depth {} | xargs -I {} uniq {} && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
 
     if [[ $exit_status -ne 0 ]]; then
       echo "::error::Failed to get changed directories between: $base$DIFF$sha"
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ function get_renames() {
   done < <(git submodule | awk '{print $2}')
 
   if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
-    git log --name-status --ignore-submodules=all "$base" "$sha" | { grep -E "^R" || true; } | awk -F '\t' -v d="$INPUT_OLD_NEW_SEPARATOR" '{print $2d$3}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | dirname_max_depth | uniq && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
+    git log --name-status --ignore-submodules=all "$base" "$sha" | { grep -E "^R" || true; } | awk -F '\t' -v d="$INPUT_OLD_NEW_SEPARATOR" '{print $2d$3}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | xargs -I {} dirname_max_depth {} | xargs -I {} uniq {} && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
 
     if [[ $exit_status -ne 0 ]]; then
       echo "::error::Failed to get renamed directories between: $base → $sha"