diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index 6b73d0b2f300a..004ab119f6133 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -1092,9 +1092,8 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging with ExecutorAllocationCli
    */
   def addFile(path: String, recursive: Boolean): Unit = {
     val uri = new URI(path)
-    val file = new File(path)
     val schemeCorrectedPath = uri.getScheme match {
-      case null | "local" => "file:" + file.getCanonicalPath
+      case null | "local" => "file:" + new File(path).getCanonicalPath
       case _              => path
     }