diff --git a/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/extract_bgeo.py b/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/extract_bgeo.py
index 4d876cb181..c9625ec880 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/extract_bgeo.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/extract_bgeo.py
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ class ExtractBGEO(publish.Extractor):
 
         # Get the filename from the filename parameter
         output = ropnode.evalParm("sopoutput")
-        staging_dir = os.path.dirname(output)
+        staging_dir, file_name = os.path.split(output)
         instance.data["stagingDir"] = staging_dir
 
-        file_name = os.path.basename(output)
-
         # We run the render
         self.log.info("Writing bgeo files '{}' to '{}'.".format(
             file_name, staging_dir))