diff --git a/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProvider.java b/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProvider.java
index 727327d215fd..bfa1e6067d02 100644
--- a/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProvider.java
+++ b/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProvider.java
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ public CloudStorageFileSystem getFileSystem(URI uri) {
    * @param env map of configuration options, whose keys correspond to the method names of
    *     {@link CloudStorageConfiguration.Builder}. However you are not allowed to set the working
    *     directory, as that should be provided in the {@code uri}
-   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code uri} specifies a user, query, fragment, or scheme is
-   *     not {@value CloudStorageFileSystem#URI_SCHEME}
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code uri} specifies a port, user, query, or fragment, or
+   *     if scheme is not {@value CloudStorageFileSystem#URI_SCHEME}
    */
   @Override
   public CloudStorageFileSystem newFileSystem(URI uri, Map<String, ?> env) {
@@ -191,11 +191,10 @@ public CloudStorageFileSystem newFileSystem(URI uri, Map<String, ?> env) {
         CloudStorageFileSystem.URI_SCHEME, uri);
     checkArgument(
         uri.getPort() == -1
-            && isNullOrEmpty(uri.getPath())
             && isNullOrEmpty(uri.getQuery())
             && isNullOrEmpty(uri.getFragment())
             && isNullOrEmpty(uri.getUserInfo()),
-        "GCS FileSystem URIs mustn't have: port, userinfo, path, query, or fragment: %s",
+        "GCS FileSystem URIs mustn't have: port, userinfo, query, or fragment: %s",
         uri);
     CloudStorageUtil.checkBucket(uri.getHost());
     initStorage();
diff --git a/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProviderTest.java b/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProviderTest.java
index 86e87d0e71e1..d476560512f6 100644
--- a/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProviderTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/CloudStorageFileSystemProviderTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@
 import java.nio.file.OpenOption;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link CloudStorageFileSystemProvider}.
@@ -644,6 +646,12 @@ public void testProviderEquals() {
     assertThat(path1.getFileSystem().provider()).isNotEqualTo(path3.getFileSystem().provider());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testNewFileSystem() throws IOException {
+    Map<String,String> env = new HashMap<>();
+    FileSystem fs = FileSystems.newFileSystem(URI.create("gs://bucket/path/to/file"), env);
+  }
+
   private static CloudStorageConfiguration permitEmptyPathComponents(boolean value) {
     return CloudStorageConfiguration.builder().permitEmptyPathComponents(value).build();
   }