diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java
index 4b71b5c98f..2b2eec5f5d 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ public class Agent {
     // nothing to do with JDK but this should be safe because only thing this does is to delay
     // tracer install
     final String jfrClassResourceName = "jdk.jfr.Recording".replace('.', '/') + ".class";
-    return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(jfrClassResourceName)
-        != null;
+    return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(jfrClassResourceName) != null;
   }
 }