diff --git a/media/java/android/media/MediaScanner.java b/media/java/android/media/MediaScanner.java
index 4c8085faf4c52..f85a1f2b6332d 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/MediaScanner.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/MediaScanner.java
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ public class MediaScanner
             prescan(path, true);
 
             File file = new File(path);
-            if (!file.exists()) {
+            if (!file.exists() || !file.canRead()) {
                 return null;
             }