diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/util/FileRotator.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/util/FileRotator.java
index 26235f13deaba..71550be1c8d70 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/util/FileRotator.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/util/FileRotator.java
@@ -336,7 +336,12 @@ public class FileRotator {
         final long deleteBefore = currentTimeMillis - mDeleteAgeMillis;
 
         final FileInfo info = new FileInfo(mPrefix);
-        for (String name : mBasePath.list()) {
+        String[] baseFiles = mBasePath.list();
+        if (baseFiles == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (String name : baseFiles) {
             if (!info.parse(name)) continue;
 
             if (info.isActive()) {
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/com/android/internal/util/FileRotatorTest.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/com/android/internal/util/FileRotatorTest.java
index 95f0e67c0f7ae..0e3c13a0e6559 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/com/android/internal/util/FileRotatorTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/com/android/internal/util/FileRotatorTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Random;
 
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
 import libcore.io.IoUtils;
+import libcore.io.Libcore;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link FileRotator}.
@@ -367,6 +370,16 @@ public class FileRotatorTest extends AndroidTestCase {
         assertReadAll(rotate, "bar");
     }
 
+    public void testFileSystemInaccessible() throws Exception {
+        File inaccessibleDir = null;
+        String dirPath = getContext().getFilesDir() + File.separator + "inaccessible";
+        inaccessibleDir = new File(dirPath);
+        final FileRotator rotate = new FileRotator(inaccessibleDir, PREFIX, SECOND_IN_MILLIS, SECOND_IN_MILLIS);
+
+        // rotate should not throw on dir not mkdir-ed (or otherwise inaccessible)
+        rotate.maybeRotate(TEST_TIME);
+    }
+
     private void touch(String... names) throws IOException {
         for (String name : names) {
             final OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(new File(mBasePath, name));