diff --git a/bin/spark-class2.cmd b/bin/spark-class2.cmd
index 9faa7d65f8..f6157f4284 100644
--- a/bin/spark-class2.cmd
+++ b/bin/spark-class2.cmd
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if not "x%SPARK_PREPEND_CLASSES%"=="x" (
 rem Figure out where java is.
 set RUNNER=java
 if not "x%JAVA_HOME%"=="x" (
-  set RUNNER="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java"
+  set RUNNER=%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java
 ) else (
   where /q "%RUNNER%"
   if ERRORLEVEL 1 (