diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/filebrowser/juce_ImagePreviewComponent.cpp b/modules/juce_gui_basics/filebrowser/juce_ImagePreviewComponent.cpp
index 1b6265a59f..0e9197d6df 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/filebrowser/juce_ImagePreviewComponent.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/filebrowser/juce_ImagePreviewComponent.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void ImagePreviewComponent::timerCallback()
 
     ScopedPointer<FileInputStream> in (fileToLoad.createInputStream());
 
-    if (in != nullptr)
+    if (in != nullptr && in->getFile().existsAsFile())
     {
         if (ImageFileFormat* const format = ImageFileFormat::findImageFormatForStream (*in))
         {