diff --git a/crates/agent_ui/src/agent_panel.rs b/crates/agent_ui/src/agent_panel.rs
index c157fbb30925d2a49c72438e3b3bff62a987b175..5efa51739ccccce23bb9835b8ee99d644af60e9e 100644
--- a/crates/agent_ui/src/agent_panel.rs
+++ b/crates/agent_ui/src/agent_panel.rs
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ impl StartThreadIn {
             Self::LocalProject => {
                 let suffix = project.active_repository(cx).and_then(|repo| {
                     let repo = repo.read(cx);
-                    let work_dir = &repo.work_directory_abs_path;
+                    let work_dir = &repo.original_repo_abs_path;
                     let visible_paths: Vec<_> = project
                         .visible_worktrees(cx)
                         .map(|wt| wt.read(cx).abs_path().to_path_buf())