diff --git a/atom/browser/net/asar/asar_protocol_handler.cc b/atom/browser/net/asar/asar_protocol_handler.cc
index a1cbfd7f7e8a..69df5367b9dc 100644
--- a/atom/browser/net/asar/asar_protocol_handler.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/net/asar/asar_protocol_handler.cc
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 #include "atom/browser/net/asar/asar_protocol_handler.h"
 
 #include "atom/browser/net/asar/url_request_asar_job.h"
+#include "atom/common/asar/archive.h"
+#include "base/stl_util.h"
 #include "net/base/filename_util.h"
+#include "net/base/net_errors.h"
+#include "net/url_request/url_request_error_job.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_file_job.h"
 
 namespace asar {
@@ -51,14 +55,24 @@ net::URLRequestJob* AsarProtocolHandler::MaybeCreateJob(
   base::FilePath full_path;
   net::FileURLToFilePath(request->url(), &full_path);
 
-  // Create asar:// job when the path contains "xxx.asar/".
+  // Create asar:// job when the path contains "xxx.asar/", otherwise treat the
+  // URL request as file://.
   base::FilePath asar_path, relative_path;
-  if (GetAsarPath(full_path, &asar_path, &relative_path))
-    return new URLRequestAsarJob(request, network_delegate, asar_path,
-                                 relative_path, file_task_runner_);
-  else
+  if (!GetAsarPath(full_path, &asar_path, &relative_path))
     return new net::URLRequestFileJob(request, network_delegate, full_path,
                                       file_task_runner_);
+
+  // Create a cache of Archive.
+  if (!ContainsKey(archives_, asar_path)) {
+    scoped_refptr<Archive> archive(new Archive(asar_path));
+    if (!archive->Init())
+      return new net::URLRequestErrorJob(request, network_delegate,
+                                         net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND);
+    archives_[asar_path] = archive;
+  }
+
+  return new URLRequestAsarJob(request, network_delegate, archives_[asar_path],
+                               relative_path, file_task_runner_);
 }
 
 bool AsarProtocolHandler::IsSafeRedirectTarget(const GURL& location) const {
diff --git a/atom/browser/net/asar/asar_protocol_handler.h b/atom/browser/net/asar/asar_protocol_handler.h
index bdf26e064452..24d8cc991380 100644
--- a/atom/browser/net/asar/asar_protocol_handler.h
+++ b/atom/browser/net/asar/asar_protocol_handler.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #ifndef ATOM_BROWSER_NET_ASAR_ASAR_PROTOCOL_HANDLER_H_
 #define ATOM_BROWSER_NET_ASAR_ASAR_PROTOCOL_HANDLER_H_
 
+#include "base/containers/hash_tables.h"
+#include "base/files/file_path.h"
 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_job_factory.h"
 
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ class TaskRunner;
 
 namespace asar {
 
+class Archive;
+
 class AsarProtocolHandler : public net::URLRequestJobFactory::ProtocolHandler {
  public:
   explicit AsarProtocolHandler(
@@ -29,6 +33,9 @@ class AsarProtocolHandler : public net::URLRequestJobFactory::ProtocolHandler {
  private:
   const scoped_refptr<base::TaskRunner> file_task_runner_;
 
+  mutable base::hash_map<base::FilePath,  // NOLINT
+                         scoped_refptr<Archive> > archives_;
+
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AsarProtocolHandler);
 };
 
diff --git a/atom/browser/net/asar/url_request_asar_job.cc b/atom/browser/net/asar/url_request_asar_job.cc
index a4875a145fd1..99c4abd7c44e 100644
--- a/atom/browser/net/asar/url_request_asar_job.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/net/asar/url_request_asar_job.cc
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ namespace asar {
 URLRequestAsarJob::URLRequestAsarJob(
     net::URLRequest* request,
     net::NetworkDelegate* network_delegate,
-    const base::FilePath& asar_path,
+    const scoped_refptr<Archive>& archive,
     const base::FilePath& file_path,
     const scoped_refptr<base::TaskRunner>& file_task_runner)
     : net::URLRequestJob(request, network_delegate),
-      archive_(asar_path),
+      archive_(archive),
       file_path_(file_path),
       stream_(new net::FileStream(file_task_runner)),
       remaining_bytes_(0),
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ URLRequestAsarJob::URLRequestAsarJob(
 URLRequestAsarJob::~URLRequestAsarJob() {}
 
 void URLRequestAsarJob::Start() {
-  if (!archive_.Init() || !archive_.GetFileInfo(file_path_, &file_info_)) {
+  if (!archive_->GetFileInfo(file_path_, &file_info_)) {
     NotifyDone(net::URLRequestStatus(net::URLRequestStatus::FAILED,
                                      net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND));
     return;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void URLRequestAsarJob::Start() {
   int flags = base::File::FLAG_OPEN |
               base::File::FLAG_READ |
               base::File::FLAG_ASYNC;
-  int rv = stream_->Open(archive_.path(), flags,
+  int rv = stream_->Open(archive_->path(), flags,
                          base::Bind(&URLRequestAsarJob::DidOpen,
                                     weak_ptr_factory_.GetWeakPtr()));
   if (rv != net::ERR_IO_PENDING)
diff --git a/atom/browser/net/asar/url_request_asar_job.h b/atom/browser/net/asar/url_request_asar_job.h
index b85aa3c6f420..a15ba97cf597 100644
--- a/atom/browser/net/asar/url_request_asar_job.h
+++ b/atom/browser/net/asar/url_request_asar_job.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class URLRequestAsarJob : public net::URLRequestJob {
  public:
   URLRequestAsarJob(net::URLRequest* request,
                     net::NetworkDelegate* network_delegate,
-                    const base::FilePath& asar_path,
+                    const scoped_refptr<Archive>& archive,
                     const base::FilePath& file_path,
                     const scoped_refptr<base::TaskRunner>& file_task_runner);
 
@@ -53,12 +53,13 @@ class URLRequestAsarJob : public net::URLRequestJob {
   // Callback after data is asynchronously read from the file into |buf|.
   void DidRead(scoped_refptr<net::IOBuffer> buf, int result);
 
-  Archive archive_;
+  const scoped_refptr<Archive> archive_;
   Archive::FileInfo file_info_;
   base::FilePath file_path_;
 
   scoped_ptr<net::FileStream> stream_;
   int64 remaining_bytes_;
+
   const scoped_refptr<base::TaskRunner> file_task_runner_;
 
   base::WeakPtrFactory<URLRequestAsarJob> weak_ptr_factory_;
diff --git a/atom/common/asar/archive.h b/atom/common/asar/archive.h
index c4cde803bfdc..b4619acf33e1 100644
--- a/atom/common/asar/archive.h
+++ b/atom/common/asar/archive.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #define ATOM_COMMON_ASAR_ARCHIVE_H_
 
 #include "base/files/file_path.h"
+#include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
 #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
 
 namespace base {
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ class DictionaryValue;
 
 namespace asar {
 
-class Archive {
+class Archive : public base::RefCounted<Archive> {
  public:
   struct FileInfo {
     uint32 size;
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ class Archive {
   };
 
   explicit Archive(const base::FilePath& path);
-  virtual ~Archive();
 
   // Read and parse the header.
   bool Init();
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ class Archive {
   base::FilePath path() const { return path_; }
 
  private:
+  friend class base::RefCounted<Archive>;
+  virtual ~Archive();
+
   base::FilePath path_;
   uint32 header_size_;
   scoped_ptr<base::DictionaryValue> header_;