diff --git a/borgmatic/actions/create.py b/borgmatic/actions/create.py
index 3060352c..c4b0eed6 100644
--- a/borgmatic/actions/create.py
+++ b/borgmatic/actions/create.py
@@ -100,17 +100,24 @@ def expand_directory(directory, working_directory):
 
     # This would be a lot easier to do with glob(..., root_dir=working_directory), but root_dir is
     # only available in Python 3.10+.
-    glob_paths = glob.glob(os.path.join(working_directory or '', expanded_directory))
+    normalized_directory = os.path.join(working_directory or '', expanded_directory)
+    glob_paths = glob.glob(normalized_directory)
 
     if not glob_paths:
         return [expanded_directory]
 
     working_directory_prefix = os.path.join(working_directory or '', '')
 
-    # Remove the working directory prefix that we added above in order to make glob() work.
     return [
-        # os.path.relpath() won't work here because it collapses any usage of Borg's slashdot hack.
-        glob_path.removeprefix(working_directory_prefix)
+        (
+            glob_path
+            # If these are equal, that means we didn't add any working directory prefix above.
+            if normalized_directory == expanded_directory
+            # Remove the working directory prefix that we added above in order to make glob() work.
+            # We can't use os.path.relpath() here because it collapses any use of Borg's slashdot
+            # hack.
+            else glob_path.removeprefix(working_directory_prefix)
+        )
         for glob_path in glob_paths
     ]
 
@@ -304,7 +311,7 @@ def run_create(
         # Process the patterns again in case any data source hooks updated them. Without this step,
         # we could end up with duplicate paths that cause Borg to hang when it tries to read from
         # the same named pipe twice.
-        patterns = process_patterns(patterns, working_directory, skip_expand_paths=config_paths)
+        # patterns = process_patterns(patterns, working_directory, skip_expand_paths=config_paths)
         stream_processes = [process for processes in active_dumps.values() for process in processes]
 
         json_output = borgmatic.borg.create.create_archive(
diff --git a/tests/unit/actions/test_create.py b/tests/unit/actions/test_create.py
index 97b93204..42b68f51 100644
--- a/tests/unit/actions/test_create.py
+++ b/tests/unit/actions/test_create.py
@@ -150,6 +150,17 @@ def test_expand_directory_with_slashdot_hack_globs_working_directory_and_strips_
     assert paths == ['./foo', './food']
 
 
+def test_expand_directory_with_working_directory_matching_start_of_directory_does_not_strip_it_off():
+    flexmock(module.os.path).should_receive('expanduser').and_return('/working/dir/foo')
+    flexmock(module.glob).should_receive('glob').with_args('/working/dir/foo').and_return(
+        ['/working/dir/foo']
+    ).once()
+
+    paths = module.expand_directory('/working/dir/foo', working_directory='/working/dir')
+
+    assert paths == ['/working/dir/foo']
+
+
 def test_expand_patterns_flattens_expanded_directories():
     flexmock(module).should_receive('expand_directory').with_args('~/foo', None).and_return(
         ['/root/foo']