diff --git a/integration_tests/test_import_03.py b/integration_tests/test_import_03.py
index 1b17f8e610..f37e890d74 100644
--- a/integration_tests/test_import_03.py
+++ b/integration_tests/test_import_03.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from test_import import print_a
 from test_import.test_import_1 import print_b
+from test_import.import_module_01.test_import_4 import e
 
 print(print_a())
 print(print_b())
+print(e)
diff --git a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
index fc01941b90..0c003330e9 100644
--- a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
+++ b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
@@ -3408,7 +3408,7 @@ class SymbolTableVisitor : public CommonVisitor<SymbolTableVisitor> {
                     // Check for the nested modules with "."
                     // Example: from x.y import z
                     if (mod_sym.find(".") != std::string::npos) {
-                        mod_sym.replace(mod_sym.find("."), 1, "/");
+                        mod_sym = replace(mod_sym, "[.]", "/");
                         if(is_directory(paths[0] + "/" + mod_sym)) {
                             // Directory i.e., x/y/__init__.py
                             paths[0] += '/' + mod_sym;
@@ -3429,7 +3429,7 @@ class SymbolTableVisitor : public CommonVisitor<SymbolTableVisitor> {
             } else if (mod_sym.find(".") != std::string::npos) {
                 // Check for the nested modules with "."
                 // Example: from x.y import z
-                mod_sym.replace(mod_sym.find("."), 1, "/");
+                mod_sym = replace(mod_sym, "[.]", "/");
                 if(is_directory(paths[1] + "/" + mod_sym)) {
                     if (parent_dir != "") paths[1] += "/";
                     paths[1] += mod_sym;