diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
index 9e01979469..6437732d03 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ def is_safetensors_compatible(filenames, variant=None, passed_components=None) -
             continue
 
         if extension == ".bin":
-            pt_filenames.append(filename)
+            pt_filenames.append(os.path.normpath(filename))
         elif extension == ".safetensors":
-            sf_filenames.add(filename)
+            sf_filenames.add(os.path.normpath(filename))
 
     for filename in pt_filenames:
         #  filename = 'foo/bar/baz.bam' -> path = 'foo/bar', filename = 'baz', extention = '.bam'
@@ -172,9 +172,8 @@ def is_safetensors_compatible(filenames, variant=None, passed_components=None) -
         else:
             filename = filename
 
-        expected_sf_filename = os.path.join(path, filename)
+        expected_sf_filename = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(path, filename))
         expected_sf_filename = f"{expected_sf_filename}.safetensors"
-
         if expected_sf_filename not in sf_filenames:
             logger.warning(f"{expected_sf_filename} not found")
             return False
@@ -1774,7 +1773,7 @@ class DiffusionPipeline(ConfigMixin, PushToHubMixin):
                 )
             ):
                 raise EnvironmentError(
-                    f"Could not found the necessary `safetensors` weights in {model_filenames} (variant={variant})"
+                    f"Could not find the necessary `safetensors` weights in {model_filenames} (variant={variant})"
                 )
             if from_flax:
                 ignore_patterns = ["*.bin", "*.safetensors", "*.onnx", "*.pb"]