diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/jrtfs/JrtPath.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/jrtfs/JrtPath.java
index 663e30cb0c5..5010b653ee6 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/jrtfs/JrtPath.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/jrtfs/JrtPath.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -649,11 +649,7 @@ final class JrtPath implements Path {
     }
 
     final JrtFileAttributes getAttributes(LinkOption... options) throws IOException {
-        JrtFileAttributes zfas = jrtfs.getFileAttributes(this, options);
-        if (zfas == null) {
-            throw new NoSuchFileException(toString());
-        }
-        return zfas;
+        return jrtfs.getFileAttributes(this, options);
     }
 
     final void setAttribute(String attribute, Object value, LinkOption... options)