diff --git a/tests/supervisors/test_reload.py b/tests/supervisors/test_reload.py
index 44eb9970b..74318b374 100644
--- a/tests/supervisors/test_reload.py
+++ b/tests/supervisors/test_reload.py
@@ -315,7 +315,10 @@ def test_should_watch_one_dir_cwd(mocker: MockerFixture, reload_directory_struct
         )
         WatchFilesReload(config, target=run, sockets=[])
         mock_watch.assert_called_once()
-        assert mock_watch.call_args[0] == (Path.cwd(),)
+        assert set(mock_watch.call_args[0]) == {
+            app_first_dir,
+            app_dir,
+        }
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(WatchFilesReload is None, reason="watchfiles not available")
@@ -333,7 +336,6 @@ def test_should_watch_separate_dirs_outside_cwd(mocker: MockerFixture, reload_di
     assert set(mock_watch.call_args[0]) == {
         app_dir,
         app_first_dir,
-        Path.cwd(),
     }
 
 
diff --git a/uvicorn/config.py b/uvicorn/config.py
index 2d2570e8a..af12f24c2 100644
--- a/uvicorn/config.py
+++ b/uvicorn/config.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def resolve_reload_patterns(patterns_list: list[str], directories_list: list[str
     directories = list(set(directories))
     directories = list(map(Path, directories))
     directories = list(map(lambda x: x.resolve(), directories))
-    directories = list({reload_path for reload_path in directories if is_dir(reload_path)})
+    directories = list(set(filter(Path.exists, directories)))
 
     children = []
     for j in range(len(directories)):
diff --git a/uvicorn/supervisors/watchfilesreload.py b/uvicorn/supervisors/watchfilesreload.py
index 0d3b9b77e..c13dc745a 100644
--- a/uvicorn/supervisors/watchfilesreload.py
+++ b/uvicorn/supervisors/watchfilesreload.py
@@ -63,10 +63,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.reloader_name = "WatchFiles"
         self.reload_dirs = []
         for directory in config.reload_dirs:
-            if Path.cwd() not in directory.parents:
-                self.reload_dirs.append(directory)
-        if Path.cwd() not in self.reload_dirs:
-            self.reload_dirs.append(Path.cwd())
+            self.reload_dirs.append(directory)
 
         self.watch_filter = FileFilter(config)
         self.watcher = watch(