diff --git a/metagpt/actions/write_code.py b/metagpt/actions/write_code.py
index da25fe621c..8024aac4f8 100644
--- a/metagpt/actions/write_code.py
+++ b/metagpt/actions/write_code.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 from metagpt.actions.write_code_plan_and_change_an import REFINED_TEMPLATE
 from metagpt.logs import logger
 from metagpt.schema import CodingContext, Document, RunCodeResult
-from metagpt.utils.common import CodeParser, get_markdown_code_block_type
+from metagpt.utils.common import CodeParser, get_markdown_code_block_type, get_project_srcs_path
 from metagpt.utils.project_repo import ProjectRepo
 from metagpt.utils.report import EditorReporter
 
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ async def run(self, *args, **kwargs) -> CodingContext:
         bug_feedback = None
         if self.input_args and hasattr(self.input_args, "issue_filename"):
             bug_feedback = await Document.load(self.input_args.issue_filename)
+        if self.repo and self.repo.src_relative_path is None:
+            path = get_project_srcs_path(self.repo.workdir)
+            self.repo.with_src_path(path)
         coding_context = CodingContext.loads(self.i_context.content)
         if not coding_context.code_plan_and_change_doc:
             coding_context.code_plan_and_change_doc = await self.repo.docs.code_plan_and_change.get(