diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core/src/org/eclipse/jdt/ls/core/internal/JDTUtils.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core/src/org/eclipse/jdt/ls/core/internal/JDTUtils.java
index 79af99704f..afb3e537e6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core/src/org/eclipse/jdt/ls/core/internal/JDTUtils.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core/src/org/eclipse/jdt/ls/core/internal/JDTUtils.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.FileSystem;
@@ -1869,8 +1868,13 @@ public static boolean isExcludedFile(List<String> patterns, String uriString) {
 		java.nio.file.Path[] path = new java.nio.file.Path[1];
 		try {
 			path[0] = Paths.get(uri.toURL().getPath());
-		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-			path[0] = Paths.get(uri);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			try {
+				path[0] = Paths.get(uri);
+			} catch (Exception e1) {
+				JavaLanguageServerPlugin.logException(e1);
+				return false;
+			}
 		}
 		FileSystem fileSystems = path[0].getFileSystem();
 		return !patterns.stream().filter(pattern -> fileSystems.getPathMatcher("glob:" + pattern).matches(path[0])).collect(Collectors.toList()).isEmpty();