diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8512bd0c94ca9..5c41cf4c00569 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ members = [
     "common/crash-handler",
     "common/debug-interface",
     "common/diemdoc",
-    "common/fallible",
     "common/id-generator",
     "common/infallible",
     "common/logger",
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/diem-json-rpc-client",
     "crates/diem-rest-client",
     "crates/diem-workspace-hack",
+    "crates/fallible",
     "crates/proxy",
     "crates/swiss-knife",
     "crates/transaction-emitter",
diff --git a/config/management/operational/Cargo.toml b/config/management/operational/Cargo.toml
index c6bf5ef1feab7..4eed0ee456368 100644
--- a/config/management/operational/Cargo.toml
+++ b/config/management/operational/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ diem-secure-storage = { path = "../../../secure/storage" }
 diem-types = { path = "../../../types" }
 diem-workspace-hack = { path = "../../../crates/diem-workspace-hack" }
 diem-temppath = { path = "../../../common/temppath" }
-fallible = { path = "../../../common/fallible" }
+fallible = { path = "../../../crates/fallible" }
 netcore = { path = "../../../network/netcore" }
 network = { path = "../../../network" }
 diem-transaction-builder = { path = "../../../sdk/transaction-builder" }
diff --git a/consensus/Cargo.toml b/consensus/Cargo.toml
index 3d0f09645d054..750f04ab0edc0 100644
--- a/consensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/consensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ event-notifications = { path = "../state-sync/inter-component/event-notification
 execution-correctness = { path = "../execution/execution-correctness" }
 executor = { path = "../execution/executor" }
 executor-types = { path = "../execution/executor-types" }
-fallible = { path = "../common/fallible" }
+fallible = { path = "../crates/fallible" }
 bcs = "0.1.2"
 diem-config = { path = "../config" }
 diem-crypto = { path = "../crates/diem-crypto" }
diff --git a/common/fallible/Cargo.toml b/crates/fallible/Cargo.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from common/fallible/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/fallible/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/common/fallible/src/copy_from_slice.rs b/crates/fallible/src/copy_from_slice.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/fallible/src/copy_from_slice.rs
rename to crates/fallible/src/copy_from_slice.rs
diff --git a/common/fallible/src/lib.rs b/crates/fallible/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from common/fallible/src/lib.rs
rename to crates/fallible/src/lib.rs