diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java
index 6bf1f387ca..2958c08bd6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java
@@ -1681,17 +1681,13 @@ public final class FilePath implements Serializable {
 
     /**
      * Computes the MD5 digest of the file in hex string.
+     * @see Util#getDigestOf(File)
      */
     public String digest() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         return act(new FileCallable<String>() {
             private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
             public String invoke(File f, VirtualChannel channel) throws IOException {
-                FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(f);
-                try {
-                    return Util.getDigestOf(new BufferedInputStream(is));
-                } finally {
-                    is.close();
-                }
+                return Util.getDigestOf(f);
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java
index 2e21f8f8ea..9c4846c645 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java
@@ -588,6 +588,22 @@ public class Util {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Computes the MD5 digest of a file.
+     * @param file a file
+     * @return a 32-character string
+     * @throws IOException in case reading fails
+     * @since 1.525
+     */
+    public static String getDigestOf(File file) throws IOException {
+        InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);
+        try {
+            return getDigestOf(new BufferedInputStream(is));
+        } finally {
+            is.close();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Converts a string into 128-bit AES key.
      * @since 1.308
diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/ExecutedMojo.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/ExecutedMojo.java
index 03eb909cea..cf923aef70 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/ExecutedMojo.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/ExecutedMojo.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import hudson.remoting.Which;
 import hudson.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ public final class ExecutedMojo implements Serializable {
             if (clazz!=null) {
                 File jarFile = Which.jarFile(clazz);
                 if (jarFile.isFile()) {
-                    digest = Util.getDigestOf(new FileInputStream(jarFile));
+                    digest = Util.getDigestOf(jarFile);
                 } else {
                     // Maybe mojo was loaded from a classes dir instead of from a jar (JENKINS-5044)
                     LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Cannot calculate digest of mojo class, because mojo wasn't loaded from a jar, but from: "
diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenArtifact.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenArtifact.java
index 12e8635934..5208807fe0 100755
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenArtifact.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenArtifact.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.Exported;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.ExportedBean;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ public final class MavenArtifact implements Serializable {
         this.classifier = a.getClassifier();
         this.type = a.getType();
         this.fileName = a.getFile().getName();
-        this.md5sum = Util.getDigestOf(new FileInputStream(a.getFile()));
+        this.md5sum = Util.getDigestOf(a.getFile());
         String extension;
         if(a.getArtifactHandler()!=null) // don't know if this can be null, but just to be defensive.
             extension = a.getArtifactHandler().getExtension();
diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenArtifactArchiver.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenArtifactArchiver.java
index 0068585771..ca4e325f6b 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenArtifactArchiver.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenArtifactArchiver.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ public class MavenArtifactArchiver extends MavenReporter {
         if (pom.getFile() != null) {// goals like 'clean' runs without loading POM, apparently.
             // record POM
             final MavenArtifact pomArtifact = new MavenArtifact(
-                    pom.getGroupId(), pom.getArtifactId(), pom.getVersion(), null, "pom", pom.getFile().getName(), Util.getDigestOf(new FileInputStream(pom.getFile())));
+                    pom.getGroupId(), pom.getArtifactId(), pom.getVersion(), null, "pom", pom.getFile().getName(), Util.getDigestOf(pom.getFile()));
 
             final String repositoryUrl = pom.getDistributionManagementArtifactRepository() == null ? null : Util.fixEmptyAndTrim(pom.getDistributionManagementArtifactRepository().getUrl());
             final String repositoryId = pom.getDistributionManagementArtifactRepository() == null ? null : Util.fixEmptyAndTrim(pom.getDistributionManagementArtifactRepository().getId());