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 593ac7dedfb..72b0c481153 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
@@ -340,12 +340,12 @@ 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));
 			}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ResourceUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ResourceUtils.java
index 3c2b320099f..ce552eb0bce 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ResourceUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ResourceUtils.java
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ public abstract class ResourceUtils {
 	/** URL protocol for an entry from a JBoss jar file: "vfszip" */
 	public static final String URL_PROTOCOL_VFSZIP = "vfszip";
 
-	/** URL protocol for a JBoss VFS resource: "vfs" */
+	/** URL protocol for a JBoss file system resource: "vfsfile" */
+	public static final String URL_PROTOCOL_VFSFILE = "vfsfile";
+
+	/** URL protocol for a general JBoss VFS resource: "vfs" */
 	public static final String URL_PROTOCOL_VFS = "vfs";
 
 	/** URL protocol for an entry from an OC4J jar file: "code-source" */
@@ -251,18 +254,19 @@ public abstract class ResourceUtils {
 
 	/**
 	 * Determine whether the given URL points to a resource in the file system,
-	 * that is, has protocol "file" or "vfs".
+	 * that is, has protocol "file", "vfsfile" or "vfs".
 	 * @param url the URL to check
 	 * @return whether the URL has been identified as a file system URL
 	 */
 	public static boolean isFileURL(URL url) {
 		String protocol = url.getProtocol();
-		return (URL_PROTOCOL_FILE.equals(protocol) || URL_PROTOCOL_VFS.equals(protocol));
+		return (URL_PROTOCOL_FILE.equals(protocol) || URL_PROTOCOL_VFSFILE.equals(protocol) ||
+				URL_PROTOCOL_VFS.equals(protocol));
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Determine whether the given URL points to a resource in a jar file,
-	 * that is, has protocol "jar", "zip", "wsjar" or "code-source".
+	 * that is, has protocol "jar", "zip", "vfszip", "wsjar" or "code-source".
 	 * <p>"zip" and "wsjar" are used by WebLogic Server and WebSphere, respectively,
 	 * but can be treated like jar files. The same applies to "code-source" URLs on
 	 * OC4J, provided that the path contains a jar separator.
@@ -272,7 +276,7 @@ public abstract class ResourceUtils {
 	public static boolean isJarURL(URL url) {
 		String protocol = url.getProtocol();
 		return (URL_PROTOCOL_JAR.equals(protocol) || URL_PROTOCOL_ZIP.equals(protocol) ||
-				URL_PROTOCOL_WSJAR.equals(protocol) || URL_PROTOCOL_VFSZIP.equals(protocol) ||
+				URL_PROTOCOL_VFSZIP.equals(protocol) || URL_PROTOCOL_WSJAR.equals(protocol) ||
 				(URL_PROTOCOL_CODE_SOURCE.equals(protocol) && url.getPath().contains(JAR_URL_SEPARATOR)));
 	}