diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/handlers/request.rs b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/handlers/request.rs
index 9773d8dbce..3a1770d770 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/handlers/request.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/handlers/request.rs
@@ -2201,14 +2201,14 @@ fn run_rustfmt(
             let cmd = Utf8PathBuf::from(&command);
             let target_spec = TargetSpec::for_file(snap, file_id)?;
             let mut cmd = match target_spec {
-                Some(TargetSpec::Cargo(spec)) => {
-                    // approach: if the command name contains a path separator, join it with the workspace root.
+                Some(TargetSpec::Cargo(_)) => {
+                    // approach: if the command name contains a path separator, join it with the project root.
                     // however, if the path is absolute, joining will result in the absolute path being preserved.
                     // as a fallback, rely on $PATH-based discovery.
                     let cmd_path = if command.contains(std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR)
                         || (cfg!(windows) && command.contains('/'))
                     {
-                        spec.workspace_root.join(cmd).into()
+                        snap.config.root_path().join(cmd).into()
                     } else {
                         cmd
                     };