diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_tls_certfile_gc.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_tls_certfile_gc.erl
index a229db7a0..9e2e98b7f 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_tls_certfile_gc.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_tls_certfile_gc.erl
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ find_managed_files(Filter, Dir) ->
                     false ->
                         Acc
                 end;
+            (AbsPath, {error, enoent}, Acc) when AbsPath == Dir ->
+                Acc;
             (AbsPath, {error, Reason}, Acc) ->
                 ?SLOG(notice, #{
                     msg => "filesystem_object_inaccessible",