diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Resource/Driver/LocalDriver.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Resource/Driver/LocalDriver.php
index 3137dd7c42e3da0f9da8bd2c36b27ccc8981a2c6..c150418c17fdd1d7b26172ef5a2a5a7e19fa8dad 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Resource/Driver/LocalDriver.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Resource/Driver/LocalDriver.php
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ class LocalDriver extends AbstractHierarchicalFilesystemDriver implements Stream
         $path = $this->getAbsolutePath($folderIdentifier);
         $dirHandle = opendir($path);
         if ($dirHandle === false) {
-            return false;
+            return true;
         }
         while ($entry = readdir($dirHandle)) {
             if ($entry !== '.' && $entry !== '..') {