diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index 50ebc036b..9262b5df4 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ def from_disk(path, readers, exclude):
     path = ensure_path(path)
     for key, reader in readers.items():
         if key not in exclude:
-            reader(path / key)
+            reader(path2str(path / key))
     return path