diff --git a/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFJPEGCompressor.java b/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFJPEGCompressor.java
index 7b6cfcf5b28..b1f14532d5d 100644
--- a/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFJPEGCompressor.java
+++ b/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFJPEGCompressor.java
@@ -79,10 +79,8 @@ public class TIFFJPEGCompressor extends TIFFBaseJPEGCompressor {
 
         try {
             IIORegistry registry = IIORegistry.getDefaultInstance();
-            Class<?> imageReaderClass =
-                Class.forName("javax.imageio.spi.ImageReaderSpi");
             Iterator<?> readerSPIs =
-                registry.getServiceProviders(imageReaderClass,
+                registry.getServiceProviders(ImageReaderSpi.class,
                                              new JPEGSPIFilter(),
                                              true);
             if(readerSPIs.hasNext()) {