diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index 064e1b1e5..6f038142a 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -2827,7 +2827,7 @@ fn display_item_long(
         // TODO: See how Mac should work here
         let is_acl_set = false;
         #[cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "macos"))))]
-        let is_acl_set = has_acl(item.display_name());
+        let is_acl_set = has_acl(item.path());
         output_display.extend(display_permissions(md, true).as_bytes());
         if item.security_context(config).len() > 1 {
             // GNU `ls` uses a "." character to indicate a file with a security context,
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
index a8ce2c32c..ef7591b8a 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
@@ -5762,6 +5762,15 @@ fn test_acl_display() {
         .succeeds()
         .stdout_matches(&re_with_acl)
         .stdout_matches(&re_without_acl);
+
+    // Verify that it also works if the current dir is different from the ucmd temporary dir
+    scene
+        .ucmd()
+        .current_dir("/")
+        .args(&["-la", &at.as_string()])
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_matches(&re_with_acl)
+        .stdout_matches(&re_without_acl);
 }
 
 // Make sure that "ls --color" correctly applies color "normal" to text and