diff --git a/src/commands/generateCommitMessage.ts b/src/commands/generateCommitMessage.ts
index 0d39ca9c3ea06..a1e7169a27ee7 100644
--- a/src/commands/generateCommitMessage.ts
+++ b/src/commands/generateCommitMessage.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { getCommandUri } from './commandBase.utils';
 import type { CommandContext } from './commandContext';
 
 export interface GenerateCommitMessageCommandArgs {
-	repoPath?: string;
+	repoPath?: string | Uri;
 	source?: Sources;
 }
 
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ export class GenerateCommitMessageCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
 		let source: Sources | undefined = args?.source;
 		if (source == null && context.command === GlCommand.GenerateCommitMessageScm) {
 			source = 'scm-input';
+			if (context.type === 'scm' && context.scm.rootUri != null) {
+				args = { ...args, repoPath: context.scm.rootUri };
+			}
 		}
 
 		return this.execute(context.editor, context.uri, { ...args, source: source });