diff --git a/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_publish_job.py b/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_publish_job.py
index 19d504b6c9..2c8bcdf4fc 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_publish_job.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_publish_job.py
@@ -448,7 +448,11 @@ class ProcessSubmittedJobOnFarm(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             preview = False
             if app in self.aov_filter.keys():
                 for aov_pattern in self.aov_filter[app]:
-                    if re.match(aov_pattern, aov):
+                    # Matching against the AOV pattern in the render files
+                    # In order to match the AOV name, we must compare against the render filename string
+                    # We are grabbing the render filename string from the collection that we have grabbed from expected files (exp_files)
+                    render_file_name = os.path.basename(col[0])
+                    if re.match(aov_pattern, render_file_name):
                         preview = True
                         break