diff --git a/.changeset/blue-laws-flow.md b/.changeset/blue-laws-flow.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9938766051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/blue-laws-flow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/resolve-dependencies": patch
+---
+
+Check the existense of a dependency in `node_modules` at the right location.
diff --git a/packages/resolve-dependencies/package.json b/packages/resolve-dependencies/package.json
index 33fd840f23..b233ea4dfa 100644
--- a/packages/resolve-dependencies/package.json
+++ b/packages/resolve-dependencies/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "@pnpm/npm-resolver": "workspace:8.0.0-alpha.1",
     "@pnpm/package-is-installable": "workspace:4.0.7",
     "@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package": "workspace:1.0.0",
+    "@pnpm/pkgid-to-filename": "^3.0.0-0",
     "@pnpm/resolver-base": "workspace:7.0.0",
     "@pnpm/store-controller-types": "workspace:8.0.0-alpha.2",
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:5.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/resolve-dependencies/src/resolveDependencies.ts b/packages/resolve-dependencies/src/resolveDependencies.ts
index 1a10754ead..4c66dcff1d 100644
--- a/packages/resolve-dependencies/src/resolveDependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/resolve-dependencies/src/resolveDependencies.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
 import logger from '@pnpm/logger'
 import packageIsInstallable from '@pnpm/package-is-installable'
 import pickRegistryForPackage from '@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package'
+import pkgIdToFilename from '@pnpm/pkgid-to-filename'
 import {
   DirectoryResolution,
   PreferredVersions,
@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@ async function resolveDependency (
     // we can safely assume that it doesn't exist in `node_modules`
     currentLockfileContainsTheDep &&
     options.relDepPath && options.dependencyLockfile &&
-    await exists(path.join(ctx.virtualStoreDir, `${options.depPath}/node_modules/${nameVerFromPkgSnapshot(options.relDepPath, options.dependencyLockfile).name}/package.json`)) &&
+    await exists(path.join(ctx.virtualStoreDir, `${pkgIdToFilename(options.depPath, ctx.prefix)}/node_modules/${nameVerFromPkgSnapshot(options.relDepPath, options.dependencyLockfile).name}/package.json`)) &&
     (options.currentDepth > 0 || wantedDependency.alias && await exists(path.join(ctx.modulesDir, wantedDependency.alias))))
 
   if (!proceed && depIsLinked) {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index db5d91d1f4..84b434385d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -2385,6 +2385,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/npm-resolver': 'link:../npm-resolver'
       '@pnpm/package-is-installable': 'link:../package-is-installable'
       '@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package': 'link:../pick-registry-for-package'
+      '@pnpm/pkgid-to-filename': 3.0.0-0
       '@pnpm/resolver-base': 'link:../resolver-base'
       '@pnpm/store-controller-types': 'link:../store-controller-types'
       '@pnpm/types': 'link:../types'
@@ -2407,6 +2408,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/npm-resolver': 'workspace:8.0.0-alpha.1'
       '@pnpm/package-is-installable': 'workspace:4.0.7'
       '@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package': 'workspace:1.0.0'
+      '@pnpm/pkgid-to-filename': ^3.0.0-0
       '@pnpm/resolve-dependencies': 'link:'
       '@pnpm/resolver-base': 'workspace:7.0.0'
       '@pnpm/store-controller-types': 'workspace:8.0.0-alpha.2'