diff --git a/src/PIL/Image.py b/src/PIL/Image.py
index adb63b07f79..231674f5448 100644
--- a/src/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/src/PIL/Image.py
@@ -3240,10 +3240,8 @@ def open(fp, mode="r", formats=None) -> Image:
 
     exclusive_fp = False
     filename = ""
-    if isinstance(fp, os.PathLike):
+    if is_path(fp):
         filename = os.path.realpath(os.fspath(fp))
-    elif is_path(fp):
-        filename = fp
 
     if filename:
         fp = builtins.open(filename, "rb")