diff -r b9359154240c -r 39b67170b045 langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/file/JavacFileManager.java
--- a/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/file/JavacFileManager.java	Fri Aug 19 13:55:26 2016 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/file/JavacFileManager.java	Mon Aug 22 09:59:43 2016 +0200
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 
 import com.sun.tools.javac.file.RelativePath.RelativeDirectory;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.file.RelativePath.RelativeFile;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Assert;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Context;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.DefinedBy;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.DefinedBy.Api;
@@ -509,7 +510,9 @@
             this.archivePath = archivePath;
             if (multiReleaseValue != null && archivePath.toString().endsWith(".jar")) {
                 Map<String,String> env = Collections.singletonMap("multi-release", multiReleaseValue);
-                this.fileSystem = getJarFSProvider().newFileSystem(archivePath, env);
+                FileSystemProvider jarFSProvider = fsInfo.getJarFSProvider();
+                Assert.checkNonNull(jarFSProvider, "should have been caught before!");
+                this.fileSystem = jarFSProvider.newFileSystem(archivePath, env);
             } else {
                 this.fileSystem = FileSystems.newFileSystem(archivePath, null);
             }
@@ -597,20 +600,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private FileSystemProvider jarFSProvider;
-
-    private FileSystemProvider getJarFSProvider() throws IOException {
-        if (jarFSProvider != null) {
-            return jarFSProvider;
-        }
-        for (FileSystemProvider provider: FileSystemProvider.installedProviders()) {
-            if (provider.getScheme().equals("jar")) {
-                return (jarFSProvider = provider);
-            }
-        }
-        throw new ProviderNotFoundException("no provider found for .jar files");
-    }
-
     /**
      * container is a directory, a zip file, or a non-existent path.
      */