diff --git a/kotlin-native/Interop/Runtime/src/jvm/kotlin/kotlinx/cinterop/JvmUtils.kt b/kotlin-native/Interop/Runtime/src/jvm/kotlin/kotlinx/cinterop/JvmUtils.kt
index f1466c63308..50df6a5e7f0 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/Interop/Runtime/src/jvm/kotlin/kotlinx/cinterop/JvmUtils.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/Interop/Runtime/src/jvm/kotlin/kotlinx/cinterop/JvmUtils.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.KonanHomeProvider
 import java.io.File
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.Paths
+import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException
 import java.security.MessageDigest
 
 private fun decodeFromUtf8(bytes: ByteArray) = String(bytes)
@@ -114,7 +115,11 @@ private val systemTmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")
 
 // TODO: File(..).deleteOnExit() does not work on Windows. May be use FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE?
 private fun tryLoadKonanLibrary(dir: String, fullLibraryName: String, runFromDaemon: Boolean): Boolean {
-    val fullLibraryPath = Paths.get(dir, fullLibraryName)
+    val fullLibraryPath = try {
+        Paths.get(dir, fullLibraryName)
+    } catch (ignored: InvalidPathException) {
+        return false
+    }
     if (!Files.exists(fullLibraryPath)) return false
 
     fun createTempDirWithLibrary() = if (runFromDaemon) {