diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/get_module_deps3.py b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/get_module_deps3.py
index 1f4c982aed..0ca687d2eb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/get_module_deps3.py
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/get_module_deps3.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ if debug == True:
 try:
     m = importlib.import_module(current_module)
     # handle python packages which may not include all modules in the __init__
-    if os.path.basename(m.__file__) == "__init__.py":
+    if hasattr(m, '__file__') and os.path.basename(m.__file__) == "__init__.py":
         modulepath = os.path.dirname(m.__file__)
         for i in os.listdir(modulepath):
             if i.startswith("_") or not(i.endswith(".py")):