diff --git a/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc b/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc
index 06136579e..33d253eee 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc
@@ -480,11 +480,16 @@ LockedFlake lockFlake(
                             }
                         }
 
+                        LockParent newParent {
+                            .path = inputPath,
+                            .absolute = false
+                        };
+
                         computeLocks(
                             mustRefetch
                             ? getFlake(state, oldLock->lockedRef, false, flakeCache).inputs
                             : fakeInputs,
-                            childNode, inputPath, oldLock, parent, parentPath);
+                            childNode, inputPath, oldLock, newParent, parentPath);
 
                     } else {
                         /* We need to create a new lock file entry. So fetch
diff --git a/tests/flakes.sh b/tests/flakes.sh
index 9e10322b9..20966ab2a 100644
--- a/tests/flakes.sh
+++ b/tests/flakes.sh
@@ -722,6 +722,7 @@ cat > $flakeFollowsB/flake.nix <<EOF
     inputs = {
         foobar.url = "path:$flakeFollowsA/flakeE";
         nonFlake.url = "path:$nonFlakeDir";
+        goodoo.follows = "C/goodoo";
         C = {
             url = "path:./flakeC";
             inputs.foobar.follows = "foobar";
@@ -736,6 +737,7 @@ cat > $flakeFollowsC/flake.nix <<EOF
     description = "Flake C";
     inputs = {
         foobar.url = "path:$flakeFollowsA/flakeE";
+        goodoo.follows = "foobar";
     };
     outputs = { ... }: {};
 }
@@ -760,8 +762,18 @@ EOF
 git -C $flakeFollowsA add flake.nix flakeB/flake.nix \
   flakeB/flakeC/flake.nix flakeD/flake.nix flakeE/flake.nix
 
+nix flake update $flakeFollowsA
+
+oldLock="$(cat "$flakeFollowsA/flake.lock")"
+
+# Ensure that locking twice doesn't change anything
+
 nix flake lock $flakeFollowsA
 
+newLock="$(cat "$flakeFollowsA/flake.lock")"
+
+diff <(echo "$newLock") <(echo "$oldLock")
+
 [[ $(jq -c .nodes.B.inputs.C $flakeFollowsA/flake.lock) = '"C"' ]]
 [[ $(jq -c .nodes.B.inputs.foobar $flakeFollowsA/flake.lock) = '["D"]' ]]
 [[ $(jq -c .nodes.C.inputs.foobar $flakeFollowsA/flake.lock) = '["B","foobar"]' ]]