Using same JDK version (1.8) and same Git version on Master and slave machines running on Windows 2012 Server R2

Triggering the Jenkins slave from master using Java Web start (JNLP) throws this error:
ERROR: Failed to parse POMs
java.io.IOException: remote file operation failed: D:\Jenkins Instance\workspace\UI Automation (Goal 2)\Page Objects at hudson.remoting.Channel@XXXX:JNLP4-connect connection from servername/ip address:port number: java.io.IOException: Remote call on JNLP4-connect connection from servername/ip address:port number failed
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:993)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:975)
at hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild$MavenModuleSetBuildExecution.parsePoms(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:960)
at hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild$MavenModuleSetBuildExecution.doRun(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:679)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:534)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1735)
at hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild.run(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:531)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:405)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Remote call on JNLP4-connect connection from servername/ip address:port number failed
at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:838)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:986)
... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.StackOverflowError
at java.lang.Exception.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ReflectiveOperationException.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor16.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.google.inject.internal.DelegatingInvocationHandler.invoke(DelegatingInvocationHandler.java:50)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy26.lookup(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor16.invoke(Unknown Source)
at ......remote call to JNLP4-connect connection from servername/ip address:port number(Native Method)
at hudson.remoting.Channel.attachCallSiteStackTrace(Channel.java:1545)
at hudson.remoting.UserResponse.retrieve(UserRequest.java:253)
at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:830)
... 9 more