diff --git a/packages/js/src/generators/library/library.ts b/packages/js/src/generators/library/library.ts
index 47560e74b2015d..38339e4680e19e 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/generators/library/library.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/generators/library/library.ts
@@ -243,7 +243,10 @@ export async function addLint(
   tree: Tree,
   options: AddLintOptions
 ): Promise<GeneratorCallback> {
-  const { lintProjectGenerator } = ensurePackage('@nx/linter', nxVersion);
+  const { lintProjectGenerator, mapLintPattern } = ensurePackage(
+    '@nx/linter',
+    nxVersion
+  );
   const projectConfiguration = readProjectConfiguration(tree, options.name);
   const task = lintProjectGenerator(tree, {
     project: options.name,
@@ -254,7 +257,11 @@ export async function addLint(
     ],
     unitTestRunner: options.unitTestRunner,
     eslintFilePatterns: [
-      `${options.projectRoot}/**/*.${options.js ? 'js' : 'ts'}`,
+      mapLintPattern(
+        options.projectRoot,
+        options.js ? 'js' : 'ts',
+        options.rootProject
+      ),
     ],
     setParserOptionsProject: options.setParserOptionsProject,
     rootProject: options.rootProject,
diff --git a/packages/linter/src/generators/lint-project/lint-project.ts b/packages/linter/src/generators/lint-project/lint-project.ts
index c46646159f84e9..dd631df9187534 100644
--- a/packages/linter/src/generators/lint-project/lint-project.ts
+++ b/packages/linter/src/generators/lint-project/lint-project.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,11 @@ export function mapLintPattern(
   extension: string,
   rootProject?: boolean
 ) {
-  const infix = rootProject ? 'src/' : '';
-  return `${projectRoot}/${infix}**/*.${extension}`;
+  if (rootProject && (projectRoot === '.' || projectRoot === '')) {
+    return `${projectRoot}/src/**/*.${extension}`;
+  } else {
+    return `${projectRoot}/**/*.${extension}`;
+  }
 }
 
 export async function lintProjectGenerator(
diff --git a/packages/next/src/generators/application/lib/add-linting.ts b/packages/next/src/generators/application/lib/add-linting.ts
index 56f5d37a12d4a0..4ee945c296265b 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/generators/application/lib/add-linting.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/generators/application/lib/add-linting.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   isEslintConfigSupported,
   updateOverrideInLintConfig,
 } from '@nx/linter/src/generators/utils/eslint-file';
+import { mapLintPattern } from '@nx/linter/src/generators/lint-project/lint-project';
 
 export async function addLinting(
   host: Tree,
@@ -27,7 +28,13 @@ export async function addLinting(
       joinPathFragments(options.appProjectRoot, 'tsconfig.app.json'),
     ],
     unitTestRunner: options.unitTestRunner,
-    eslintFilePatterns: [`${options.appProjectRoot}/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx}`],
+    eslintFilePatterns: [
+      mapLintPattern(
+        options.appProjectRoot,
+        '{ts,tsx,js,jsx}',
+        options.rootProject
+      ),
+    ],
     skipFormat: true,
     rootProject: options.rootProject,
   });