diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8cf06a20e8..b0277b95d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ clean:
 
 .PHONY: fmt
 fmt:
-	@GOFUMPT_PACKAGE=$(GOFUMPT_PACKAGE) $(GO) run build/code-batch-process.go gitea-fmt -w '{file-list}'
+	@GOFUMPT_PACKAGE=$(GOFUMPT_PACKAGE) $(shell $(GO) env GOROOT) run build/code-batch-process.go gitea-fmt -w '{file-list}'
 	$(eval TEMPLATES := $(shell find templates -type f -name '*.tmpl'))
 	@# strip whitespace after '{{' or '(' and before '}}' or ')' unless there is only
 	@# whitespace before it