diff --git a/pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/processor/LegacyExtensionStorage.java b/pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/processor/LegacyExtensionStorage.java
index d664e4e..9adfd66 100644
--- a/pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/processor/LegacyExtensionStorage.java
+++ b/pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/processor/LegacyExtensionStorage.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
+import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ public class LegacyExtensionStorage extends ExtensionStorage {
             Set<String> entries = new HashSet<>();
             read(file.openReader(true), entries);
             extensions.put(null, entries);
-        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-            // ignore
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException | NoSuchFileException e) {
+            // doesn't exist, ignore
         } catch (FilerException e) {
             // re-opening the file for reading or after writing is ignorable
         } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/processor/ServiceProviderExtensionStorage.java b/pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/processor/ServiceProviderExtensionStorage.java
index 135063f..65c9a2c 100644
--- a/pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/processor/ServiceProviderExtensionStorage.java
+++ b/pf4j/src/main/java/org/pf4j/processor/ServiceProviderExtensionStorage.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
+import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ public class ServiceProviderExtensionStorage extends ExtensionStorage {
                 Set<String> entries = new HashSet<>();
                 read(file.openReader(true), entries);
                 extensions.put(extensionPoint, entries);
-            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            } catch (FileNotFoundException | NoSuchFileException e) {
                 // doesn't exist, ignore
             } catch (FilerException e) {
                 // re-opening the file for reading or after writing is ignorable