diff --git a/compiler/src/interop/src/utils.ts b/compiler/src/interop/src/utils.ts
index 7b0a287a9963c60b92aedf56941748867058c237..247f74696f6b13badf4d6c7fe082a9c34578d3db 100644
--- a/compiler/src/interop/src/utils.ts
+++ b/compiler/src/interop/src/utils.ts
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ export function removeDecorator(decorators: readonly ts.Decorator[], decoratorNa
 export function isFileInProject(filePath: string, projectRootPath: string): boolean {
   const relativeFilePath: string = toUnixPath(path.relative(toUnixPath(projectRootPath), toUnixPath(filePath)));
   // When processing ohmurl, hsp's filePath is consistent with moduleRequest
-  return fs.existsSync(filePath) && fs.statSync(filePath).isFile() && !relativeFilePath.startsWith('../');
+  return path.isAbsolute(filePath) && fs.existsSync(filePath) && fs.statSync(filePath).isFile() && !relativeFilePath.startsWith('../');
 }
 
 export function getProjectRootPath(filePath: string, projectConfig: Object, rootPathSet: Object): string {
diff --git a/compiler/src/utils.ts b/compiler/src/utils.ts
index 7b0a287a9963c60b92aedf56941748867058c237..247f74696f6b13badf4d6c7fe082a9c34578d3db 100644
--- a/compiler/src/utils.ts
+++ b/compiler/src/utils.ts
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ export function removeDecorator(decorators: readonly ts.Decorator[], decoratorNa
 export function isFileInProject(filePath: string, projectRootPath: string): boolean {
   const relativeFilePath: string = toUnixPath(path.relative(toUnixPath(projectRootPath), toUnixPath(filePath)));
   // When processing ohmurl, hsp's filePath is consistent with moduleRequest
-  return fs.existsSync(filePath) && fs.statSync(filePath).isFile() && !relativeFilePath.startsWith('../');
+  return path.isAbsolute(filePath) && fs.existsSync(filePath) && fs.statSync(filePath).isFile() && !relativeFilePath.startsWith('../');
 }
 
 export function getProjectRootPath(filePath: string, projectConfig: Object, rootPathSet: Object): string {