diff --git a/xbmc/video/VideoInfoScanner.cpp b/xbmc/video/VideoInfoScanner.cpp
index 170b5a90963ce..fbe7913e624ee 100644
--- a/xbmc/video/VideoInfoScanner.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/video/VideoInfoScanner.cpp
@@ -1771,7 +1771,10 @@ namespace VIDEO
   void CVideoInfoScanner::FetchActorThumbs(vector<SActorInfo>& actors, const CStdString& strPath)
   {
     CFileItemList items;
-    CDirectory::GetDirectory(URIUtils::AddFileToFolder(strPath, ".actors"), items, ".png|.jpg|.tbn", DIR_FLAG_NO_FILE_DIRS | DIR_FLAG_NO_FILE_INFO);
+    CStdString actorsDir = URIUtils::AddFileToFolder(strPath, ".actors");
+    if (CDirectory::Exists(actorsDir))
+      CDirectory::GetDirectory(actorsDir, items, ".png|.jpg|.tbn", DIR_FLAG_NO_FILE_DIRS |
+                               DIR_FLAG_NO_FILE_INFO);
     for (vector<SActorInfo>::iterator i = actors.begin(); i != actors.end(); ++i)
     {
       if (i->thumb.IsEmpty())