diff --git a/cmd/ndm_daemonset/probe/usedbyprobe.go b/cmd/ndm_daemonset/probe/usedbyprobe.go
index d32af9ca6..844691060 100644
--- a/cmd/ndm_daemonset/probe/usedbyprobe.go
+++ b/cmd/ndm_daemonset/probe/usedbyprobe.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package probe
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ func getBlockDeviceZFSPartition(bd blockdevice.BlockDevice) (string, bool) {
 // isBlockDeviceInUseByKernel tries to open the device exclusively to check if the device is
 // being held by some process. eg: If kernel zfs uses the disk, the open will fail
 func isBlockDeviceInUseByKernel(path string) (bool, error) {
-	f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_EXCL, 0444)
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(filepath.Clean(path), os.O_EXCL, 0444)
 
 	if errors.Is(err, syscall.EBUSY) {
 		return true, nil
diff --git a/integration_tests/utils/file.go b/integration_tests/utils/file.go
index ae99140ff..974cefce5 100644
--- a/integration_tests/utils/file.go
+++ b/integration_tests/utils/file.go
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 // GetYAMLString gets the yaml-string from the given YAML file
 func GetYAMLString(fileName string) (string, error) {
-	fileBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fileName)
+	fileBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(fileName))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sysfs/util.go b/pkg/sysfs/util.go
index 71d600464..3115ddccb 100644
--- a/pkg/sysfs/util.go
+++ b/pkg/sysfs/util.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package sysfs
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 // readSysFSFileAsInt64 reads a file and
 // converts that content into int64
 func readSysFSFileAsInt64(sysFilePath string) (int64, error) {
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(sysFilePath)
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(sysFilePath))
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ func readSysFSFileAsInt64(sysFilePath string) (int64, error) {
 }
 
 func readSysFSFileAsString(sysFilePath string) (string, error) {
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(sysFilePath)
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(sysFilePath))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/udev/mockdata.go b/pkg/udev/mockdata.go
index a1dffdab0..6aaea762d 100644
--- a/pkg/udev/mockdata.go
+++ b/pkg/udev/mockdata.go
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ package udev
 import "C"
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	bd "github.com/openebs/node-disk-manager/blockdevice"
-	"github.com/openebs/node-disk-manager/pkg/mount"
-	"github.com/openebs/node-disk-manager/pkg/sysfs"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+
+	bd "github.com/openebs/node-disk-manager/blockdevice"
+	"github.com/openebs/node-disk-manager/pkg/mount"
+	"github.com/openebs/node-disk-manager/pkg/sysfs"
 )
 
 // MockOsDiskDetails struct contain different attribute of os disk.
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ func OsDiskName() (string, string, error) {
 
 // getSyspathOfOsDisk returns syspath of os disk in success
 func getSyspathOfOsDisk(osDiskName string) (string, error) {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/sys/class/block/" + osDiskName + "/dev")
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Clean("/sys/class/block/" + osDiskName + "/dev"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ func getSyspathOfOsDisk(osDiskName string) (string, error) {
 
 // getOsDiskSize returns size of os disk in success
 func getOsDiskSize(osDiskName string) (string, error) {
-	sizeByte, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/sys/class/block/" + osDiskName + "/size")
+	sizeByte, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Clean("/sys/class/block/" + osDiskName + "/size"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}