diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/FileInputStream.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/FileInputStream.java
index f206966a11ead..1429807070e98 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/FileInputStream.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/FileInputStream.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.checkerframework.checker.index.qual.LTLengthOf;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.index.qual.NonNegative;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.mustcall.qual.MustCallAlias;
+import org.checkerframework.dataflow.qual.SideEffectFree;
 import org.checkerframework.framework.qual.AnnotatedFor;
 
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ public class FileInputStream extends InputStream
      *             to the file.
      * @see        java.lang.SecurityManager#checkRead(java.lang.String)
      */
+    @SideEffectFree
     public FileInputStream(String name) throws FileNotFoundException {
         this(name != null ? new File(name) : null);
     }
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ public FileInputStream(String name) throws FileNotFoundException {
      * @see        java.io.File#getPath()
      * @see        java.lang.SecurityManager#checkRead(java.lang.String)
      */
+    @SideEffectFree
     public FileInputStream(File file) throws FileNotFoundException {
         String name = (file != null ? file.getPath() : null);
         @SuppressWarnings("removal")