diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/websession/file/FileBasedWebsessionCache.java b/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/websession/file/FileBasedWebsessionCache.java
index 5a356a7..b162141 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/websession/file/FileBasedWebsessionCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/websession/file/FileBasedWebsessionCache.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
   }
 
   private Val readFile(Path path) {
-    if (Files.exists(path)) {
+    if (path.toFile().exists()) {
       try (InputStream fileStream = Files.newInputStream(path);
           ObjectInputStream objStream = new ObjectInputStream(fileStream)) {
         return (Val) objStream.readObject();