diff --git a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvml_linux.pyx b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvml_linux.pyx
index 54e5d51748..f9ae155ccd 100644
--- a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvml_linux.pyx
+++ b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvml_linux.pyx
@@ -406,7 +406,8 @@ cdef void* __nvmlDeviceSetRusdSettings_v1 = NULL
 
 
 cdef void* load_library() except* with gil:
-    return dlopen("libnvidia-ml.so.1", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL)
+    cdef uintptr_t handle = load_nvidia_dynamic_lib("nvml")._handle_uint
+    return <void*>handle
 
 
 cdef int _init_nvml() except -1 nogil:
diff --git a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvml_windows.pyx b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvml_windows.pyx
index 309b5a3039..50cc37b0d7 100644
--- a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvml_windows.pyx
+++ b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_internal/nvml_windows.pyx
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ from libc.stdint cimport intptr_t
 import os
 import threading
 
+from cuda.pathfinder import load_nvidia_dynamic_lib
+
 from .utils import FunctionNotFoundError, NotSupportedError
 
 from libc.stddef cimport wchar_t
@@ -422,35 +424,6 @@ cdef void* __nvmlDeviceReadPRMCounters_v1 = NULL
 cdef void* __nvmlDeviceSetRusdSettings_v1 = NULL
 
 
-cdef uintptr_t load_library() except* with gil:
-    def do_load(path):
-        return LoadLibraryExW(
-            path,
-            <void *>0,
-            LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DEFAULT_DIRS | LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DLL_LOAD_DIR
-        )
-
-    handle = do_load(
-        os.path.join(
-            os.getenv("WINDIR", "C:/Windows"),
-            "System32/nvml.dll"
-        )
-    )
-    if handle:
-        return handle
-
-    handle = do_load(
-        os.path.join(
-            os.getenv("ProgramFiles", "C:/Program Files"),
-            "NVIDIA Corporation/NVSMI/nvml.dll"
-        )
-    )
-    if handle:
-        return handle
-
-    return 0
-
-
 cdef int _init_nvml() except -1 nogil:
     global __py_nvml_init
 
@@ -458,7 +431,7 @@ cdef int _init_nvml() except -1 nogil:
     cdef uintptr_t handle
 
     with gil, __symbol_lock:
-        handle = load_library()
+        handle = load_nvidia_dynamic_lib("nvml")._handle_uint
 
         # Load function
         global __nvmlInit_v2