diff --git a/stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl b/stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl
index 3308760046d4e..472e3fd2c3985 100644
--- a/stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl
+++ b/stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ function setup_interface(
                 @goto writeback
             end
             try
-                InteractiveUtils.edit(linfos[n][1], linfos[n][2])
+                InteractiveUtils.edit(Base.fixup_stdlib_path(linfos[n][1]), linfos[n][2])
             catch ex
                 ex isa ProcessFailedException || ex isa Base.IOError || ex isa SystemError || rethrow()
                 @info "edit failed" _exception=ex