diff --git a/scripts/zephyr_module.py b/scripts/zephyr_module.py
index 938d0e4cd5b..db58bcea23c 100755
--- a/scripts/zephyr_module.py
+++ b/scripts/zephyr_module.py
@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ schema = yaml.safe_load(METADATA_SCHEMA)
 def validate_setting(setting, module_path, filename=None):
     if setting is not None:
         if filename is not None:
-            checkfile = os.path.join(module_path, setting, filename)
+            checkfile = Path(module_path) / setting / filename
         else:
-            checkfile = os.path.join(module_path, setting)
-        if not os.path.isfile(checkfile):
+            checkfile = Path(module_path) / setting
+        if not checkfile.resolve().is_file():
             return False
     return True