diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/word_document.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/word_document.py
index c7c50575cc7ef..bd2c4ae8f57f8 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/word_document.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/word_document.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class Docx2txtLoader(BaseLoader, ABC):
     def __init__(self, file_path: Union[str, Path]):
         """Initialize with file path."""
         self.file_path = str(file_path)
+        self.original_file_path = self.file_path
         if "~" in self.file_path:
             self.file_path = os.path.expanduser(self.file_path)
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ def load(self) -> List[Document]:
         return [
             Document(
                 page_content=docx2txt.process(self.file_path),
-                metadata={"source": self.file_path},
+                metadata={"source": self.original_file_path},
             )
         ]