diff --git a/src/poetry/console/commands/check.py b/src/poetry/console/commands/check.py
index 30812883523..12bfc09343f 100644
--- a/src/poetry/console/commands/check.py
+++ b/src/poetry/console/commands/check.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from pathlib import Path
-
 from poetry.console.commands.command import Command
 
 
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ def handle(self) -> int:
         from poetry.factory import Factory
 
         # Load poetry config and display errors, if any
-        poetry_file = Factory.locate(Path.cwd())
+        poetry_file = self.poetry.file.path
         config = PyProjectTOML(poetry_file).poetry_config
         check_result = Factory.validate(config, strict=True)
 
diff --git a/tests/console/commands/test_check.py b/tests/console/commands/test_check.py
index 1c21a80f3e5..fcdfa5d9a19 100644
--- a/tests/console/commands/test_check.py
+++ b/tests/console/commands/test_check.py
@@ -29,12 +29,17 @@ def test_check_valid(tester: CommandTester):
 
 
 def test_check_invalid(mocker: MockerFixture, tester: CommandTester):
+    from poetry.core.toml import TOMLFile
+
     mocker.patch(
-        "poetry.factory.Factory.locate",
-        return_value=Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent
-        / "fixtures"
-        / "invalid_pyproject"
-        / "pyproject.toml",
+        "poetry.poetry.Poetry.file",
+        return_value=TOMLFile(
+            Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent
+            / "fixtures"
+            / "invalid_pyproject"
+            / "pyproject.toml"
+        ),
+        new_callable=mocker.PropertyMock,
     )
 
     tester.execute()