diff --git a/Tests/test_image.py b/Tests/test_image.py
index 5bfcde368dd..a89abf3d41f 100644
--- a/Tests/test_image.py
+++ b/Tests/test_image.py
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ def test_bad_mode(self):
     @unittest.skipUnless(Image.HAS_PATHLIB, "requires pathlib/pathlib2")
     def test_pathlib(self):
         from PIL.Image import Path
+        im = Image.open(Path("Tests/images/multipage-mmap.tiff"))
+        self.assertEqual(im.mode, "P")
+        self.assertEqual(im.size, (10, 10))
+
         im = Image.open(Path("Tests/images/hopper.jpg"))
         self.assertEqual(im.mode, "RGB")
         self.assertEqual(im.size, (128, 128))
diff --git a/src/PIL/Image.py b/src/PIL/Image.py
index 18121c6fe68..2ee7869b605 100644
--- a/src/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/src/PIL/Image.py
@@ -2643,10 +2643,10 @@ def open(fp, mode="r"):
 
     exclusive_fp = False
     filename = ""
-    if isPath(fp):
-        filename = fp
-    elif HAS_PATHLIB and isinstance(fp, Path):
+    if HAS_PATHLIB and isinstance(fp, Path):
         filename = str(fp.resolve())
+    elif isPath(fp):
+        filename = fp
 
     if filename:
         fp = builtins.open(filename, "rb")