diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index 5e8595603cc9..e3c58a5cf7a0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -1519,7 +1519,11 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging {
   def addFile(path: String, recursive: Boolean): Unit = {
     val uri = new Path(path).toUri
     val schemeCorrectedPath = uri.getScheme match {
-      case null | "local" => new File(path).getCanonicalFile.toURI.toString
+      case null => new File(path).getCanonicalFile.toURI.toString
+      case "local" =>
+        logWarning("File with 'local' scheme is not supported to add to file server, since " +
+          "it is already available on every node.")
+        return
       case _ => path
     }