diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileSnapshot.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileSnapshot.java
index 54ff7d29c..7b4406a4b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileSnapshot.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileSnapshot.java
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
 
 import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS.FileStoreAttributes.FALLBACK_FILESTORE_ATTRIBUTES;
 import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS.FileStoreAttributes.FALLBACK_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -226,9 +228,15 @@ protected FileSnapshot(File file, boolean useConfig) {
 		BasicFileAttributes fileAttributes = null;
 		try {
 			fileAttributes = FS.DETECTED.fileAttributes(file);
+		} catch (NoSuchFileException e) {
+			this.lastModified = Instant.EPOCH;
+			this.size = 0L;
+			this.fileKey = MISSING_FILEKEY;
+			return;
 		} catch (IOException e) {
-			this.lastModified = Instant.ofEpochMilli(file.lastModified());
-			this.size = file.length();
+			LOG.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+			this.lastModified = Instant.EPOCH;
+			this.size = 0L;
 			this.fileKey = MISSING_FILEKEY;
 			return;
 		}
@@ -309,9 +317,14 @@ public boolean isModified(File path) {
 			currLastModified = fileAttributes.lastModifiedTime().toInstant();
 			currSize = fileAttributes.size();
 			currFileKey = getFileKey(fileAttributes);
+		} catch (NoSuchFileException e) {
+			currLastModified = Instant.EPOCH;
+			currSize = 0L;
+			currFileKey = MISSING_FILEKEY;
 		} catch (IOException e) {
-			currLastModified = Instant.ofEpochMilli(path.lastModified());
-			currSize = path.length();
+			LOG.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+			currLastModified = Instant.EPOCH;
+			currSize = 0L;
 			currFileKey = MISSING_FILEKEY;
 		}
 		sizeChanged = isSizeChanged(currSize);