diff --git a/third_party/gpus/rocm_configure.bzl b/third_party/gpus/rocm_configure.bzl
index 15a5f40f6a67c0a..3477f225b287028 100644
--- a/third_party/gpus/rocm_configure.bzl
+++ b/third_party/gpus/rocm_configure.bzl
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ def _create_local_rocm_repository(repository_ctx):
             "%{rocm_amdgpu_targets}": ",".join(
                 ["\"%s\"" % c for c in rocm_config.amdgpu_targets],
             ),
-            "%{rocm_toolkit_path}": rocm_toolkit_path,
+            "%{rocm_toolkit_path}": str(repository_ctx.path(rocm_config.rocm_toolkit_path)),
             "%{rocm_version_number}": rocm_config.rocm_version_number,
             "%{miopen_version_number}": rocm_config.miopen_version_number,
             "%{hipruntime_version_number}": rocm_config.hipruntime_version_number,