diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 267c27f861d3d3d68a9200de15352a2fb95204d0..f198746362c9dc6876d3b98a722c38696cae5d20 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -382,6 +382,16 @@ find_ufd_value <- function(undefined_file_dims, dat, i, replace_values,
       depending_dims <- names(depending_file_dims)[which(sapply(depending_file_dims, function(x) u_file_dim %in% x))]
       replace_values[depending_dims] <- rep('*', length(depending_dims))
     }
+    # If u_file_dim depends on the same depended dimension as another depending
+    # dimension, then the value of the depending dim should be replaced with '*'
+    # to avoid only the first value being used, which can result in the wrong
+    # path specification.
+    other_depending_file_dims <- depending_file_dims[-which(names(depending_file_dims) == u_file_dim)]
+    if (length(depending_file_dims) > 1 && 
+        any(unlist(other_depending_file_dims) == depended_dim)) {
+      depending_dims <- names(other_depending_file_dims)[which(other_depending_file_dims == depended_dim)]
+      replace_values[depending_dims] <- rep('*', length(depending_dims))
+    }
     for (j in 1:length(depended_dim_values)) {
       parsed_values <- c()
       if (!is.null(depended_dim)) {