diff --git a/source/blender/asset_system/intern/utils.cc b/source/blender/asset_system/intern/utils.cc
index 8383395f934..7e50ef48d11 100644
--- a/source/blender/asset_system/intern/utils.cc
+++ b/source/blender/asset_system/intern/utils.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ std::string normalize_directory_path(StringRef directory)
               directory.data(),
               /* + 1 for null terminator. */
               std::min(directory.size() + 1, int64_t(sizeof(dir_normalized))));
+  BLI_path_slash_native(dir_normalized);
   BLI_path_normalize_dir(dir_normalized, sizeof(dir_normalized));
   return std::string(dir_normalized);
 }
diff --git a/source/blender/asset_system/intern/utils.hh b/source/blender/asset_system/intern/utils.hh
index a04600e0522..f1b6f30b911 100644
--- a/source/blender/asset_system/intern/utils.hh
+++ b/source/blender/asset_system/intern/utils.hh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace blender::asset_system::utils {
 
 /**
  * Returns a normalized directory path with a trailing slash, and a maximum length of #PATH_MAX.
- * Slashes are not converted to native format (they probably should be though?).
+ * Slashes are converted to native format.
  */
 std::string normalize_directory_path(StringRef directory);