diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoost.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoost.scala
index 0122445c6..d201a0cf8 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoost.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoost.scala
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ object XGBoost extends Serializable {
    * @return The loaded model
    */
   def loadModelFromHadoop(modelPath: String)(implicit sparkContext: SparkContext): XGBoostModel = {
-    val dataInStream = FileSystem.get(sparkContext.hadoopConfiguration).open(new Path(modelPath))
+    val path = new Path(modelPath)
+    val dataInStream = path.getFileSystem(sparkContext.hadoopConfiguration).open(path)
     val xgBoostModel = new XGBoostModel(SXGBoost.loadModel(dataInStream))
     xgBoostModel
   }
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostModel.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostModel.scala
index 88b881cd4..cbe562c8d 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostModel.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostModel.scala
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class XGBoostModel(booster: Booster)(implicit val sc: SparkContext) extends Seri
    * @param modelPath The model path as in Hadoop path.
    */
   def saveModelToHadoop(modelPath: String): Unit = {
-    val outputStream = FileSystem.get(sc.hadoopConfiguration).create(new Path(modelPath))
+    val path = new Path(modelPath)
+    val outputStream = path.getFileSystem(sc.hadoopConfiguration).create(path)
     booster.saveModel(outputStream)
     outputStream.close()
   }