diff --git a/src/cargo/core/source_id.rs b/src/cargo/core/source_id.rs
index eec12567f13..8c916b7b445 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/source_id.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/source_id.rs
@@ -204,6 +204,17 @@ impl SourceId {
         SourceId::new(SourceKind::Path, url, None)
     }
 
+    /// Creates a `SourceId` from a filesystem path.
+    ///
+    /// `path`: an absolute path.
+    pub fn for_manifest_path(manifest_path: &Path) -> CargoResult<SourceId> {
+        if crate::util::toml::is_embedded(manifest_path) {
+            Self::for_path(manifest_path)
+        } else {
+            Self::for_path(manifest_path.parent().unwrap())
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Creates a `SourceId` from a Git reference.
     pub fn for_git(url: &Url, reference: GitReference) -> CargoResult<SourceId> {
         SourceId::new(SourceKind::Git(reference), url.clone(), None)
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs b/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs
index b988ca6686a..277af3587d7 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ impl<'gctx> Workspace<'gctx> {
             BTreeMap<String, BTreeMap<String, TomlDependency<ConfigRelativePath>>>,
         > = self.gctx.get("patch")?;
 
-        let source = SourceId::for_path(self.root())?;
+        let source = SourceId::for_manifest_path(self.root_manifest())?;
 
         let mut warnings = Vec::new();
 
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ impl<'gctx> Workspace<'gctx> {
         if let Some(p) = loaded.get(manifest_path).cloned() {
             return Ok(p);
         }
-        let source_id = SourceId::for_path(manifest_path.parent().unwrap())?;
+        let source_id = SourceId::for_manifest_path(manifest_path)?;
         let package = ops::read_package(manifest_path, source_id, self.gctx)?;
         loaded.insert(manifest_path.to_path_buf(), package.clone());
         Ok(package)
@@ -1817,11 +1817,7 @@ impl<'gctx> Packages<'gctx> {
         match self.packages.entry(manifest_path.to_path_buf()) {
             Entry::Occupied(e) => Ok(e.into_mut()),
             Entry::Vacant(v) => {
-                let source_id = if crate::util::toml::is_embedded(manifest_path) {
-                    SourceId::for_path(manifest_path)?
-                } else {
-                    SourceId::for_path(manifest_path.parent().unwrap())?
-                };
+                let source_id = SourceId::for_manifest_path(manifest_path)?;
                 let manifest = read_manifest(manifest_path, source_id, self.gctx)?;
                 Ok(v.insert(match manifest {
                     EitherManifest::Real(manifest) => {
@@ -1979,8 +1975,7 @@ pub fn find_workspace_root(
     gctx: &GlobalContext,
 ) -> CargoResult<Option<PathBuf>> {
     find_workspace_root_with_loader(manifest_path, gctx, |self_path| {
-        let key = self_path.parent().unwrap();
-        let source_id = SourceId::for_path(key)?;
+        let source_id = SourceId::for_manifest_path(self_path)?;
         let manifest = read_manifest(self_path, source_id, gctx)?;
         Ok(manifest
             .workspace_config()
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
index e66c5a00aa4..85aeb8697a7 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ fn inheritable_from_path(
         return Ok(ws_root.inheritable().clone());
     };
 
-    let source_id = SourceId::for_path(workspace_path_root)?;
+    let source_id = SourceId::for_manifest_path(&workspace_path)?;
     let man = read_manifest(&workspace_path, source_id, gctx)?;
     match man.workspace_config() {
         WorkspaceConfig::Root(root) => {