diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
index cdb2be151..6e3b3047f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ packfileIsTruncated=Packfile {0} is truncated.
 packfileIsTruncatedNoParam=Packfile is truncated.
 packHandleIsStale=Pack file {0} handle is stale, removing it from pack list
 packHasUnresolvedDeltas=pack has unresolved deltas
+packInaccessible=Pack file {0} now inaccessible; removing it from pack list
 packingCancelledDuringObjectsWriting=Packing cancelled during objects writing
 packObjectCountMismatch=Pack object count mismatch: pack {0} index {1}: {2}
 packRefs=Pack refs
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/RebaseCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/RebaseCommand.java
index ff2900842..753bc85bc 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/RebaseCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/RebaseCommand.java
@@ -980,6 +980,9 @@ public class RebaseCommand extends GitCommand<RebaseResult> {
 		try {
 			raw = IO.readFully(authorScriptFile);
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException notFound) {
+			if (authorScriptFile.exists()) {
+				throw notFound;
+			}
 			return null;
 		}
 		return parseAuthor(raw);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
index be29feabd..b03038b06 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ public class JGitText extends TranslationBundle {
 	/***/ public String packfileIsTruncatedNoParam;
 	/***/ public String packHandleIsStale;
 	/***/ public String packHasUnresolvedDeltas;
+	/***/ public String packInaccessible;
 	/***/ public String packingCancelledDuringObjectsWriting;
 	/***/ public String packObjectCountMismatch;
 	/***/ public String packRefs;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LockFile.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LockFile.java
index 50297a97a..e23ca741b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LockFile.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LockFile.java
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ public class LockFile {
 				fis.close();
 			}
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
+			if (ref.exists()) {
+				unlock();
+				throw fnfe;
+			}
 			// Don't worry about a file that doesn't exist yet, it
 			// conceptually has no current content to copy.
 			//
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java
index e7ef127dd..bd1d488d9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java
@@ -433,16 +433,14 @@ public class ObjectDirectory extends FileObjectDatabase {
 
 	ObjectLoader openLooseObject(WindowCursor curs, AnyObjectId id)
 			throws IOException {
-		try {
-			File path = fileFor(id);
-			FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(path);
-			try {
-				unpackedObjectCache.add(id);
-				return UnpackedObject.open(in, path, id, curs);
-			} finally {
-				in.close();
-			}
+		File path = fileFor(id);
+		try (FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(path)) {
+			unpackedObjectCache.add(id);
+			return UnpackedObject.open(in, path, id, curs);
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException noFile) {
+			if (path.exists()) {
+				throw noFile;
+			}
 			unpackedObjectCache.remove(id);
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -513,15 +511,14 @@ public class ObjectDirectory extends FileObjectDatabase {
 
 	private long getLooseObjectSize(WindowCursor curs, AnyObjectId id)
 			throws IOException {
-		try {
-			FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(fileFor(id));
-			try {
-				unpackedObjectCache.add(id);
-				return UnpackedObject.getSize(in, id, curs);
-			} finally {
-				in.close();
-			}
+		File f = fileFor(id);
+		try (FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(f)) {
+			unpackedObjectCache.add(id);
+			return UnpackedObject.getSize(in, id, curs);
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException noFile) {
+			if (f.exists()) {
+				throw noFile;
+			}
 			unpackedObjectCache.remove(id);
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -561,7 +558,11 @@ public class ObjectDirectory extends FileObjectDatabase {
 			// Assume the pack is corrupted, and remove it from the list.
 			removePack(p);
 		} else if (e instanceof FileNotFoundException) {
-			warnTmpl = JGitText.get().packWasDeleted;
+			if (p.getPackFile().exists()) {
+				warnTmpl = JGitText.get().packInaccessible;
+			} else {
+				warnTmpl = JGitText.get().packWasDeleted;
+			}
 			removePack(p);
 		} else if (FileUtils.isStaleFileHandle(e)) {
 			warnTmpl = JGitText.get().packHandleIsStale;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java
index c8c12f5b6..69f7e9707 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java
@@ -788,6 +788,9 @@ public class RefDirectory extends RefDatabase {
 						new DigestInputStream(new FileInputStream(packedRefsFile),
 								digest), CHARSET));
 			} catch (FileNotFoundException noPackedRefs) {
+				if (packedRefsFile.exists()) {
+					throw noPackedRefs;
+				}
 				// Ignore it and leave the new list empty.
 				return PackedRefList.NO_PACKED_REFS;
 			}
@@ -944,7 +947,10 @@ public class RefDirectory extends RefDatabase {
 		try {
 			buf = IO.readSome(path, limit);
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException noFile) {
-			return null; // doesn't exist; not a reference.
+			if (path.exists() && path.isFile()) {
+				throw noFile;
+			}
+			return null; // doesn't exist or no file; not a reference.
 		}
 
 		int n = buf.length;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ReflogReaderImpl.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ReflogReaderImpl.java
index dadc63119..2f583b275 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ReflogReaderImpl.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ReflogReaderImpl.java
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ class ReflogReaderImpl implements ReflogReader {
 		try {
 			log = IO.readFully(logName);
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+			if (logName.exists()) {
+				throw e;
+			}
 			return null;
 		}
 
@@ -118,6 +121,9 @@ class ReflogReaderImpl implements ReflogReader {
 		try {
 			log = IO.readFully(logName);
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+			if (logName.exists()) {
+				throw e;
+			}
 			return Collections.emptyList();
 		}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/UnpackedObject.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/UnpackedObject.java
index 2cc256396..a02743720 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/UnpackedObject.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/UnpackedObject.java
@@ -399,6 +399,9 @@ public class UnpackedObject {
 			try {
 				in = buffer(new FileInputStream(path));
 			} catch (FileNotFoundException gone) {
+				if (path.exists()) {
+					throw gone;
+				}
 				// If the loose file no longer exists, it may have been
 				// moved into a pack file in the mean time. Try again
 				// to locate the object.
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java
index eda02dea4..8d512ccb2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java
@@ -1590,6 +1590,9 @@ public abstract class Repository implements AutoCloseable {
 		try {
 			return RawParseUtils.decode(IO.readFully(mergeMsgFile));
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+			if (mergeMsgFile.exists()) {
+				throw e;
+			}
 			// the file has disappeared in the meantime ignore it
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -1621,6 +1624,9 @@ public abstract class Repository implements AutoCloseable {
 			byte[] raw = IO.readFully(file);
 			return raw.length > 0 ? raw : null;
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException notFound) {
+			if (file.exists()) {
+				throw notFound;
+			}
 			return null;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java
index 5509fc6a7..29c7f9841 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ public class FileBasedConfig extends StoredConfig {
 				hash = newHash;
 			}
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException noFile) {
+			if (configFile.exists()) {
+				throw noFile;
+			}
 			clear();
 			snapshot = newSnapshot;
 		} catch (IOException e) {