--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/Lib/imp.py b/Lib/imp.py
+index 781ff23..beeac70 100644
+--- a/Lib/imp.py
++++ b/Lib/imp.py
+@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ def load_package(name, path):
+ extensions = (machinery.SOURCE_SUFFIXES[:] +
+ machinery.BYTECODE_SUFFIXES[:])
+ for extension in extensions:
+- path = os.path.join(path, '__init__'+extension)
+- if os.path.exists(path):
++ init_path = os.path.join(path, '__init__'+extension)
++ if os.path.exists(init_path):
++ path = init_path
+ break
+ else:
+ raise ValueError('{!r} is not a package'.format(path))