diff --git a/system/classes/kohana.php b/system/classes/kohana.php
index 62952d1..fd04ee6 100644
--- a/system/classes/kohana.php
+++ b/system/classes/kohana.php
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ final class Kohana {
 
 		foreach (self::$_modules as $path)
 		{
-			if (file_exists($path.'init'.EXT))
+			if (is_file($path.'init'.EXT))
 			{
 				// Include the module initialization file once
 				require_once $path.'init'.EXT;