diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
index 580d459a90..e26859ad93 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
@@ -221,14 +221,18 @@ class CollectMayaRender(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
             # append full path
             full_exp_files = []
             aov_dict = {}
-
+            default_render_file = context.data.get('project_settings')\
+              .get('maya')\
+              .get('create')\
+              .get('CreateRender')\
+              .get('default_render_image_folder')
             # replace relative paths with absolute. Render products are
             # returned as list of dictionaries.
             publish_meta_path = None
             for aov in exp_files:
                 full_paths = []
                 for file in aov[aov.keys()[0]]:
-                    full_path = os.path.join(workspace, "renders", file)
+                    full_path = os.path.join(workspace, default_render_file, file)
                     full_path = full_path.replace("\\", "/")
                     full_paths.append(full_path)
                     publish_meta_path = os.path.dirname(full_path)