diff --git a/salt/fileserver/hgfs.py b/salt/fileserver/hgfs.py
index a39f44d64f..263490a4b2 100644
--- a/salt/fileserver/hgfs.py
+++ b/salt/fileserver/hgfs.py
@@ -687,7 +687,22 @@ def find_file(path, tgt_env='base', **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=W0613
             pass
         fnd['rel'] = path
         fnd['path'] = dest
-        fnd['stat'] = list(os.stat(dest))
+        try:
+            # Converting the stat result to a list, the elements of the
+            # list correspond to the following stat_result params:
+            # 0 => st_mode=33188
+            # 1 => st_ino=10227377
+            # 2 => st_dev=65026
+            # 3 => st_nlink=1
+            # 4 => st_uid=1000
+            # 5 => st_gid=1000
+            # 6 => st_size=1056233
+            # 7 => st_atime=1468284229
+            # 8 => st_mtime=1456338235
+            # 9 => st_ctime=1456338235
+            fnd['stat'] = list(os.stat(dest))
+        except Exception:
+            pass
         repo['repo'].close()
         return fnd
     return fnd