diff --git a/cli/src/commands/workspace.rs b/cli/src/commands/workspace.rs
index bdb61e640..592aee161 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/workspace.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/workspace.rs
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ fn cmd_workspace_root(
     command: &CommandHelper,
     _args: &WorkspaceRootArgs,
 ) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
-    let workspace_command = command.workspace_helper(ui)?;
-    let root = workspace_command
+    let root = command
+        .workspace_loader()?
         .workspace_root()
         .to_str()
         .ok_or_else(|| user_error("The workspace root is not valid UTF-8"))?;