diff --git a/src/common/util/include/openvino/util/file_util.hpp b/src/common/util/include/openvino/util/file_util.hpp
index 6c7853cd4ae..05538638c9d 100644
--- a/src/common/util/include/openvino/util/file_util.hpp
+++ b/src/common/util/include/openvino/util/file_util.hpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ std::wstring string_to_wstring(const std::string& str);
 
 /// \brief Remove path components which would allow traversing up a directory tree.
 /// \param path A path to file
-/// \return A sanitiazed path
+/// \return A sanitized path
 std::string sanitize_path(const std::string& path);
 
 /// \brief Returns the name with extension for a given path
diff --git a/src/common/util/src/os/win/win_shared_object_loader.cpp b/src/common/util/src/os/win/win_shared_object_loader.cpp
index e40f59cd1f2..82a41a129d1 100644
--- a/src/common/util/src/os/win/win_shared_object_loader.cpp
+++ b/src/common/util/src/os/win/win_shared_object_loader.cpp
@@ -92,15 +92,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<void> load_shared_object(const char* path) {
         IEGetDllDirectoryA(nBufferLength, &lpBuffer.front());
 
         // GetDirname
-        auto dirname = [path] {
-            auto pos = strchr(path, '\\');
-            if (pos == nullptr) {
-                return std::string{path};
-            }
-            std::string original(path);
-            original[pos - path] = 0;
-            return original;
-        }();
+        auto dirname = get_directory(path);
 
         SetDllDirectoryA(dirname.c_str());
         shared_object = LoadLibraryA(path);