diff --git a/changelog/7076.bugfix.rst b/changelog/7076.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d9749c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/7076.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The path of file skipped by ``@pytest.mark.skip`` in the SKIPPED report is now relative to invocation directory. Previously it was relative to root directory.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/skipping.py b/src/_pytest/skipping.py
index fe8742c66..62a9ca491 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/skipping.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/skipping.py
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
         # to point to the item definition, otherwise it will display
         # the location of where the skip exception was raised within pytest
         _, _, reason = rep.longrepr
-        filename, line = item.location[:2]
-        rep.longrepr = filename, line + 1, reason
+        filename, line = item.reportinfo()[:2]
+        rep.longrepr = str(filename), line + 1, reason
 
 
 # called by terminalreporter progress reporting
diff --git a/testing/test_skipping.py b/testing/test_skipping.py
index 8b1cdd527..32634d784 100644
--- a/testing/test_skipping.py
+++ b/testing/test_skipping.py
@@ -1176,3 +1176,20 @@ def test_importorskip():
         match="^could not import 'doesnotexist': No module named .*",
     ):
         pytest.importorskip("doesnotexist")
+
+
+def test_relpath_rootdir(testdir):
+    testdir.makepyfile(
+        **{
+            "tests/test_1.py": """
+        import pytest
+        @pytest.mark.skip()
+        def test_pass():
+            pass
+            """,
+        }
+    )
+    result = testdir.runpytest("-rs", "tests/test_1.py", "--rootdir=tests")
+    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
+        ["SKIPPED [[]1[]] tests/test_1.py:2: unconditional skip"]
+    )