diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobResourceUploader.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobResourceUploader.java
index 1dbecb6fc9..e106a5465e 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobResourceUploader.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobResourceUploader.java
@@ -855,8 +855,8 @@ private String validateFilePath(String file, Configuration conf)
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
     }
     Path path = new Path(pathURI);
-    FileSystem localFs = FileSystem.getLocal(conf);
     if (pathURI.getScheme() == null) {
+      FileSystem localFs = FileSystem.getLocal(conf);
       // default to the local file system
       // check if the file exists or not first
       localFs.getFileStatus(path);