diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/support/ServletContextResource.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/support/ServletContextResource.java
index 9f19b76d9971..ad236509d88d 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/support/ServletContextResource.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/support/ServletContextResource.java
@@ -139,10 +139,15 @@ public boolean isFile() {
 				return true;
 			}
 			else {
-				return (this.servletContext.getRealPath(this.path) != null);
+				String realPath = this.servletContext.getRealPath(this.path);
+				if (realPath == null) {
+					return false;
+				}
+				File file = new File(realPath);
+				return (file.exists() && file.isFile());
 			}
 		}
-		catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
+		catch (IOException ex) {
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/context/support/ResourceTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/context/support/ResourceTests.java
index 340838871814..937885e107f7 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/context/support/ResourceTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/context/support/ResourceTests.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public void testServletContextResource() throws IOException {
 		MockServletContext sc = new MockServletContext();
 		Resource resource = new ServletContextResource(sc, "org/springframework/core/io/Resource.class");
 		doTestResource(resource);
+		Resource resourceNotExists = new ServletContextResource(sc, "org/springframework/core/io/ResourceNotExists.class");
+		doTestNotExistsResource(resourceNotExists);
 		assertThat(new ServletContextResource(sc, "org/springframework/core/../core/io/./Resource.class")).isEqualTo(resource);
 	}
 
@@ -48,6 +50,9 @@ public void testServletContextResourceWithRelativePath() throws IOException {
 	}
 
 	private void doTestResource(Resource resource) throws IOException {
+		assertThat(resource.getFile()).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(resource.exists()).isTrue();
+		assertThat(resource.isFile()).isTrue();
 		assertThat(resource.getFilename()).isEqualTo("Resource.class");
 		assertThat(resource.getURL().getFile().endsWith("Resource.class")).isTrue();
 
@@ -61,4 +66,9 @@ private void doTestResource(Resource resource) throws IOException {
 		assertThat(relative2.getURL().getFile().endsWith("ResourcePatternResolver.class")).isTrue();
 		assertThat(relative2.exists()).isTrue();
 	}
+
+	private void doTestNotExistsResource(Resource resource) throws IOException {
+		assertThat(resource.exists()).isFalse();
+		assertThat(resource.isFile()).isFalse();
+	}
 }