diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/compiler/lang/rascalcore/check/Import.rsc b/src/org/rascalmpl/compiler/lang/rascalcore/check/Import.rsc
index f47a45ca2c..cca6c27464 100644
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/compiler/lang/rascalcore/check/Import.rsc
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/compiler/lang/rascalcore/check/Import.rsc
@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@ ModuleStatus reportCycles(rel[MODID, PathRole, MODID]paths, rel[MODID,MODID] ext
 //- by checking circular dependencies
 // TODO: reuse enhancePathRelation from RascalConfig here
 ModuleStatus completeModuleStatus(ModuleStatus ms){
-    paths = ms.paths;
+    pcfg = ms.pathConfig;
+    // extra safeguard against physical locations (due to erroneous packager)
+    paths = visit(ms.paths){
+        case loc l => moduleName2moduleId(getRascalModuleName(l,pcfg)) when !isModuleId(l)
+    }
 
     ms = reportSelfImport(paths, ms);