diff --git a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/tar/TarFileSystem.java b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/tar/TarFileSystem.java
index 0be6308..5b16b13 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/tar/TarFileSystem.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/tar/TarFileSystem.java
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
         if (!file.exists()) {
             // Don't need to do anything
             tarFile = null;
-            return;
         }
 
         // tarFile = createTarFile(this.file);
diff --git a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/zip/ZipFileSystem.java b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/zip/ZipFileSystem.java
index 72a0d32..ef6336f 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/zip/ZipFileSystem.java
+++ b/commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/zip/ZipFileSystem.java
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
         if (!file.exists()) {
             // Don't need to do anything
             zipFile = null;
-            return;
         }
     }