diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/NET45/Caching/DiskCache.cs b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/NET45/Caching/DiskCache.cs
index 7d4150f45..1cdcfcb2f 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor.Web/NET45/Caching/DiskCache.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor.Web/NET45/Caching/DiskCache.cs
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Caching
             DirectoryInfo parentDirectoryInfo = directoryInfo.Parent;
 
             // ReSharper disable once PossibleNullReferenceException
-            foreach (DirectoryInfo enumerateDirectory in parentDirectoryInfo.EnumerateDirectories())
+            foreach (DirectoryInfo enumerateDirectory in SafeEnumerateDirectories(parentDirectoryInfo))
             {
                 IEnumerable<FileInfo> files = enumerateDirectory.EnumerateFiles().OrderBy(f => f.CreationTimeUtc);
                 int count = files.Count();
@@ -260,6 +260,22 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Web.Caching
             }
         }
 
+        public static IEnumerable<DirectoryInfo> SafeEnumerateDirectories(DirectoryInfo directoryInfo)
+        {
+            IEnumerable<DirectoryInfo> directories;
+
+            try
+            {
+                directories = directoryInfo.EnumerateDirectories();
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return Enumerable.Empty<DirectoryInfo>();
+            }
+
+            return directories;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the full transformed cached path for the image. 
         /// The images are stored in paths that are based upon the sha1 of their full request path