diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/genfile.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/genfile.c
index 2a03385e109..7c1e81e4504 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/genfile.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/genfile.c
@@ -581,9 +581,14 @@ pg_ls_dir_files(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, const char *dir)
 		/* Get the file info */
 		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", dir, de->d_name);
 		if (stat(path, &attrib) < 0)
+		{
+			/* Ignore concurrently-deleted files, else complain */
+			if (errno == ENOENT)
+				continue;
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode_for_file_access(),
 					 errmsg("could not stat file \"%s\": %m", path)));
+		}
 
 		/* Ignore anything but regular files */
 		if (!S_ISREG(attrib.st_mode))