diff --git a/vllm/transformers_utils/tokenizers/mistral.py b/vllm/transformers_utils/tokenizers/mistral.py
index 6d4655781f9e9..3db7a0a5c5c15 100644
--- a/vllm/transformers_utils/tokenizers/mistral.py
+++ b/vllm/transformers_utils/tokenizers/mistral.py
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ class MistralTokenizer(TokenizerBase):
         else:
             assert Path(
                 path_or_repo_id).is_file(), f"Invalid path: {path_or_repo_id}"
+            tokenizer_file = str(Path(path_or_repo_id))
 
         from mistral_common.tokens.tokenizers.mistral import (
             MistralTokenizer as PublicMistralTokenizer)