diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
index df4d814fb11a..a3d08bb4db04 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ fn mk(gctx: &GlobalContext, opts: &MkOptions<'_>) -> CargoResult<()> {
         }
     }
 
-    let manifest_path = path.join("Cargo.toml");
+    let manifest_path = paths::normalize_path(&path.join("Cargo.toml"));
     if let Ok(root_manifest_path) = find_root_manifest_for_wd(&manifest_path) {
         let root_manifest = paths::read(&root_manifest_path)?;
         // Sometimes the root manifest is not a valid manifest, so we only try to parse it if it is.
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_new/ignore_current_dir_workspace/out/workspace/Cargo.toml b/tests/testsuite/cargo_new/ignore_current_dir_workspace/out/workspace/Cargo.toml
index ce2c1898ce13..cd7525f40507 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/cargo_new/ignore_current_dir_workspace/out/workspace/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_new/ignore_current_dir_workspace/out/workspace/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [workspace]
-members = ["../out-of-workspace"]
 
 [package]
 name = "foo"
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_new/ignore_current_dir_workspace/stderr.term.svg b/tests/testsuite/cargo_new/ignore_current_dir_workspace/stderr.term.svg
index a7b5660b5f07..7858e42a578b 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/cargo_new/ignore_current_dir_workspace/stderr.term.svg
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_new/ignore_current_dir_workspace/stderr.term.svg
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-<svg width="1902px" height="146px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+<svg width="970px" height="74px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
   <style>
     .fg { fill: #AAAAAA }
     .bg { background: #000000 }
     .fg-cyan { fill: #00AAAA }
     .fg-green { fill: #00AA00 }
-    .fg-yellow { fill: #AA5500 }
     .container {
       padding: 0 10px;
       line-height: 18px;
@@ -22,17 +21,9 @@
   <text xml:space="preserve" class="container fg">
     <tspan x="10px" y="28px"><tspan class="fg-green bold">    Creating</tspan><tspan> library `out-of-workspace` package</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="46px"><tspan class="fg-green bold">      Adding</tspan><tspan> `out-of-workspace` as member of workspace at `[ROOT]/case/workspace`</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="46px"><tspan class="fg-cyan bold">note</tspan><tspan class="bold">:</tspan><tspan> see more `Cargo.toml` keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="64px"><tspan class="fg-yellow bold">warning</tspan><tspan class="bold">:</tspan><tspan> compiling this new package may not work due to invalid workspace configuration</tspan>
-</tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="82px">
-</tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="100px"><tspan>workspace member `[ROOT]/case/out-of-workspace/Cargo.toml` is not hierarchically below the workspace root `[ROOT]/case/workspace/Cargo.toml`</tspan>
-</tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="118px"><tspan class="fg-cyan bold">note</tspan><tspan class="bold">:</tspan><tspan> see more `Cargo.toml` keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html</tspan>
-</tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="136px">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="64px">
 </tspan>
   </text>