1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/rootfs.py b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/rootfs.py
index 85c634f8a1..247f61ff7c 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/rootfs.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/rootfs.py
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ class RootfsPlugin(SourcePlugin):
                     sys.exit(1)
 
                 full_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(new_rootfs, path))
-
                 # Disallow climbing outside of parent directory using '..',
                 # because doing so could be quite disastrous (we will delete the
                 # directory).
@@ -144,6 +143,9 @@ class RootfsPlugin(SourcePlugin):
                     logger.error("'%s' points to a path outside the rootfs" % orig_path)
                     sys.exit(1)
 
+                if not os.path.lexists(full_path):
+                    continue
+
                 if path.endswith(os.sep):
                     # Delete content only.
                     for entry in os.listdir(full_path):