diff --git a/srcpkgs/cargo/template b/srcpkgs/cargo/template
index eef71d2aa80..e557bbe2080 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cargo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cargo/template
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=cargo
 version=1.64.0
 revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
 build_helper=rust
 hostmakedepends="cargo-bootstrap rust python3 curl cmake pkg-config zlib-devel"
 makedepends="rust libcurl-devel openssl-devel"
@@ -27,8 +28,9 @@ if [ -z "$_build_static" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libgit2-devel"
 fi
 
-pre_patch() {
-	mv ../crossbeam-* crossbeam-utils
+post_extract() {
+	mv cargo-rust-${version}/* .
+	mv crossbeam-crossbeam-utils-* crossbeam-utils
 }
 
 post_patch() {