2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-netdev.c b/src/network/networkd-netdev.c
index 717ecdf0e5..d503058e59 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-netdev.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-netdev.c
@@ -475,6 +475,11 @@ static int netdev_load_one(Manager *manager, const char *filename) {
         assert(manager);
         assert(filename);
 
+        if (null_or_empty_path(filename)) {
+                log_debug("skipping empty file: %s", filename);
+                return 0;
+        }
+
         file = fopen(filename, "re");
         if (!file) {
                 if (errno == ENOENT)
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network.c b/src/network/networkd-network.c
index 048017e229..4d01e55fee 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network.c
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ static int network_load_one(Manager *manager, const char *filename) {
                         return -errno;
         }
 
+        if (null_or_empty_path(filename)) {
+                log_debug("skipping empty file: %s", filename);
+                return 0;
+        }
+
         network = new0(Network, 1);
         if (!network)
                 return log_oom();