diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/io/DefaultVFS.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/io/DefaultVFS.java
index 14cbf856647..fc4426544cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/io/DefaultVFS.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/io/DefaultVFS.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -105,6 +106,9 @@ public List<String> list(URL url, String path) throws IOException {
                   break;
                 }
               }
+            } catch (InvalidPathException e) {
+              // #1974
+              lines.clear();
             }
             if (!lines.isEmpty()) {
               if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {