diff --git a/metagpt/roles/engineer.py b/metagpt/roles/engineer.py
index 919b4bf13..c7e281f32 100644
--- a/metagpt/roles/engineer.py
+++ b/metagpt/roles/engineer.py
@@ -496,7 +496,9 @@ class Engineer(Role):
             filename = Path(i)
             if filename.suffix != ".py":
                 continue
-            workdir = self.repo.srcs.workdir / filename.parent
+            workdir = self.src_workspace / filename.parent
+            if not workdir.exists():
+                workdir = self.project_repo.workdir / filename.parent
             await init_python_folder(workdir)
 
     async def _is_fixbug(self) -> bool:
diff --git a/metagpt/utils/common.py b/metagpt/utils/common.py
index 28bfe623e..bfc01d2e4 100644
--- a/metagpt/utils/common.py
+++ b/metagpt/utils/common.py
@@ -896,6 +896,11 @@ def get_project_srcs_path(workdir: str | Path) -> Path:
 
 
 async def init_python_folder(workdir: str | Path):
+    if not workdir:
+        return
+    workdir = Path(workdir)
+    if not workdir.exists():
+        return
     init_filename = Path(workdir) / "__init__.py"
     if init_filename.exists():
         return