diff --git a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/cache/SoftRefFilesCache.java b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/cache/SoftRefFilesCache.java
index 83d0ad3..4e2da10 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/cache/SoftRefFilesCache.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/cache/SoftRefFilesCache.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileName;
 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileObject;
 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystem;
-import org.apache.commons.vfs2.util.Messages;
 
 /**
  * This implementation caches every file as long as it is strongly reachable by the java vm. As soon as the vm needs
@@ -238,12 +237,6 @@
             startThread();
         }
 
-        Map<FileName, Reference<FileObject>> files = fileSystemCache.get(fileSystem);
-        if (files == null) {
-            files = new HashMap<>();
-            fileSystemCache.put(fileSystem, files);
-        }
-
-        return files;
+        return fileSystemCache.computeIfAbsent(fileSystem, k -> new HashMap<>());
     }
 }