diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/nuget/NuGetComponentDetector.cs b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/nuget/NuGetComponentDetector.cs
index eba09e5c7..f852b43f8 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/nuget/NuGetComponentDetector.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/nuget/NuGetComponentDetector.cs
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ private IList<DirectoryInfo> GetRepositoryPathsFromNugetConfig(IComponentStream
     /// <returns>True if path is valid, otherwise it retuns false. </returns>
     private bool IsValidPath(string potentialPath)
     {
+        if (potentialPath == null)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         FileInfo fileInfo = null;
 
         try
@@ -265,11 +270,6 @@ private bool IsValidPath(string potentialPath)
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (potentialPath == null)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
         return fileInfo.Exists || fileInfo.Directory.Exists;
     }
 }