diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/plugin/plugin.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/plugin/plugin.go
index 718ed3598a6..a99a08b1d4b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -217,8 +217,7 @@ func (v *CommandOverrideVerifier) Verify(path string) []error {
 	}
 
 	// extract the plugin binary name
-	segs := strings.Split(path, "/")
-	binName := segs[len(segs)-1]
+	binName := filepath.Base(path)
 
 	cmdPath := strings.Split(binName, "-")
 	if len(cmdPath) > 1 {