diff --git a/scripts/json_overview_image_info.py b/scripts/json_overview_image_info.py
index 795f3f7e25ee76..0b39fd7350e68c 100755
--- a/scripts/json_overview_image_info.py
+++ b/scripts/json_overview_image_info.py
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ def get_initial_output(image_info):
 # Pre-compile the regex to improve performance when called repeatedly in loops
 arch_regex = re.compile(r".*Linux-([^.]*)\.")
 
-def add_artifact(artifact, prefix="openwrt-"):
-    files = list(output_dir.glob(f"{prefix}{artifact}-*"))
-    if len(files):
+def add_artifact(artifact, dir_files, prefix="openwrt-"):
+    prefix_str = f"{prefix}{artifact}-"
+    files = [f for f in dir_files if f.startswith(prefix_str)]
+    if files:
         output[artifact] = {}
         for file in files:
-            file = str(file.name)
             # Optimization: Use pre-compiled regex for ~50% faster matching
             arch = arch_regex.match(file)
             if arch:
@@ -106,9 +106,12 @@ def add_artifact(artifact, prefix="openwrt-"):
     if git_commit.returncode == 0:
         output["git_commit"] = git_commit.stdout.strip()
 
+    import os
+    dir_files = os.listdir(output_dir) if output_dir.is_dir() else []
+
     for artifact in "imagebuilder", "sdk", "toolchain":
-        filename = add_artifact(artifact)
-    add_artifact("llvm-bpf", prefix="")
+        filename = add_artifact(artifact, dir_files)
+    add_artifact("llvm-bpf", dir_files, prefix="")
 
     output_path.write_text(json.dumps(output, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":")))
 else:
diff --git a/scripts/test_json_overview_image_info.py b/scripts/test_json_overview_image_info.py
index c60279cd9f055f..39da90a65f984f 100644
--- a/scripts/test_json_overview_image_info.py
+++ b/scripts/test_json_overview_image_info.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ def test_add_artifact(self):
         (self.module.output_dir / artifact_name1).touch()
         (self.module.output_dir / artifact_name2).touch()
 
-        self.module.add_artifact("imagebuilder")
+        dir_files = [f.name for f in self.module.output_dir.iterdir()]
+        self.module.add_artifact("imagebuilder", dir_files)
 
         self.assertIn("imagebuilder", self.module.output)
         self.assertIn("x86_64", self.module.output["imagebuilder"])
@@ -82,14 +83,16 @@ def test_add_artifact_no_prefix(self):
         artifact_name = "llvm-bpf-15.0-Linux-x86_64.tar.xz"
         (self.module.output_dir / artifact_name).touch()
 
-        self.module.add_artifact("llvm-bpf", prefix="")
+        dir_files = [f.name for f in self.module.output_dir.iterdir()]
+        self.module.add_artifact("llvm-bpf", dir_files, prefix="")
 
         self.assertIn("llvm-bpf", self.module.output)
         self.assertIn("x86_64", self.module.output["llvm-bpf"])
         self.assertEqual(self.module.output["llvm-bpf"]["x86_64"], artifact_name)
 
     def test_add_artifact_no_match(self):
-        self.module.add_artifact("sdk")
+        dir_files = [f.name for f in self.module.output_dir.iterdir()]
+        self.module.add_artifact("sdk", dir_files)
         self.assertNotIn("sdk", self.module.output)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':