diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 507a709aa2..dd5d22bb5c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Merged from 2.2:
  * (Hadoop) fix splits calculation (CASSANDRA-10640)
  * (Hadoop) ensure that Cluster instances are always closed (CASSANDRA-10058)
 Merged from 2.1:
+ * Fix Stress profile parsing on Windows (CASSANDRA-10808)
  * Fix incremental repair hang when replica is down (CASSANDRA-10288)
  * Optimize the way we check if a token is repaired in anticompaction (CASSANDRA-10768)
  * Add proper error handling to stream receiver (CASSANDRA-10774)
diff --git a/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/settings/SettingsCommandUser.java b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/settings/SettingsCommandUser.java
index 5228828015..8440e8e288 100644
--- a/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/settings/SettingsCommandUser.java
+++ b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/settings/SettingsCommandUser.java
@@ -55,12 +55,7 @@ public class SettingsCommandUser extends SettingsCommand
 
         String yamlPath = options.profile.value();
         File yamlFile = new File(yamlPath);
-        if (yamlFile.exists())
-        {
-            yamlPath = "file:///" + yamlFile.getAbsolutePath();
-        }
-
-        profile = StressProfile.load(URI.create(yamlPath));
+        profile = StressProfile.load(yamlFile.exists() ? yamlFile.toURI() : URI.create(yamlPath));
 
         if (ratios.size() == 0)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Must specify at least one command with a non-zero ratio");