diff --git a/resource-managers/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/Client.scala b/resource-managers/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/Client.scala
index 9956071fd6e3..1fb7edf2a6e3 100644
--- a/resource-managers/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/Client.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/Client.scala
@@ -1275,7 +1275,8 @@ private object Client extends Logging {
     if (sparkConf.get(SPARK_ARCHIVE).isEmpty) {
       sparkConf.get(SPARK_JARS).foreach { jars =>
         jars.filter(isLocalUri).foreach { jar =>
-          addClasspathEntry(getClusterPath(sparkConf, jar), env)
+          val uri = new URI(jar)
+          addClasspathEntry(getClusterPath(sparkConf, uri.getPath()), env)
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/resource-managers/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/ClientSuite.scala b/resource-managers/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/ClientSuite.scala
index 3a11787aa57d..6cf68427921f 100644
--- a/resource-managers/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/ClientSuite.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/yarn/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/ClientSuite.scala
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ class ClientSuite extends SparkFunSuite with Matchers with BeforeAndAfterAll
         cp should not contain (uri.getPath())
       }
     })
+    cp should not contain ("local")
     cp should contain(PWD)
     cp should contain (s"$PWD${Path.SEPARATOR}${LOCALIZED_CONF_DIR}")
     cp should not contain (APP_JAR)