diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java
index 9118f62d78..1f54f63845 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java
@@ -343,12 +343,12 @@ public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver implements ResourcePatternResol
 		Set<Resource> result = new LinkedHashSet<Resource>(16);
 		for (Resource rootDirResource : rootDirResources) {
 			rootDirResource = resolveRootDirResource(rootDirResource);
-			if (isJarResource(rootDirResource)) {
-				result.addAll(doFindPathMatchingJarResources(rootDirResource, subPattern));
-			}
-			else if (rootDirResource.getURL().getProtocol().startsWith(ResourceUtils.URL_PROTOCOL_VFS)) {
+			if (rootDirResource.getURL().getProtocol().startsWith(ResourceUtils.URL_PROTOCOL_VFS)) {
 				result.addAll(VfsResourceMatchingDelegate.findMatchingResources(rootDirResource, subPattern, getPathMatcher()));
 			}
+			else if (isJarResource(rootDirResource)) {
+				result.addAll(doFindPathMatchingJarResources(rootDirResource, subPattern));
+			}
 			else {
 				result.addAll(doFindPathMatchingFileResources(rootDirResource, subPattern));
 			}