diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/badge/StatusImage.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/badge/StatusImage.java
index 08c4b1545..c4b8f2f52 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/badge/StatusImage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/badge/StatusImage.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import static javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.*;
 
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 import hudson.PluginWrapper;
 import java.awt.Canvas;
 import java.awt.Font;
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ class StatusImage implements HttpResponse {
         payload = new byte[0];
     }
 
+    @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "NP_NULL_ON_SOME_PATH_FROM_RETURN_VALUE", justification = "jInstance never to be null")
     StatusImage(String fileName) throws IOException {
         URL rootUrl = new URL(jInstance.getRootUrl());
         etag = '"' + fileName + '"';
diff --git a/src/spotbugs/excludesFilter.xml b/src/spotbugs/excludesFilter.xml
index 486e7943c..747895b79 100644
--- a/src/spotbugs/excludesFilter.xml
+++ b/src/spotbugs/excludesFilter.xml
@@ -55,4 +55,9 @@
     <Class name="org.jenkinsci.plugins.badge.extensions.BuildParameterRunSelectorExtension" />
     <Method name="matchRule" />
   </Match>
+  <Match>
+    <Bug pattern="NP_NULL_ON_SOME_PATH_FROM_RETURN_VALUE" />
+    <Class name="org.jenkinsci.plugins.badge.dsl.AddEmbeddableBadgeConfigStep$Execution" />
+    <Method name="run" />
+  </Match>
 </FindBugsFilter>