diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/FileID.java b/jetty-core/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/FileID.java
index e7ce50616a5..d27d07bd0b3 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/FileID.java
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/FileID.java
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ public class FileID
             return false;
         if (!hasNamedPathSegment(path, "META-INF"))
             return false;
-        return isExtension(path, ".tld");
+        return isExtension(path, "tld");
     }
 
     /**