diff --git a/cron/cron-lib.pl b/cron/cron-lib.pl
index 73f63c1ef..865a60393 100755
--- a/cron/cron-lib.pl
+++ b/cron/cron-lib.pl
@@ -1603,6 +1603,7 @@ if ($config{'system_crontab'}) {
 	}
 if ($config{'cronfiles_dir'}) {
 	push(@files, glob(&translate_filename($config{'cronfiles_dir'})."/*"));
+	@files = grep { -f $_ } @files;
 	}
 return &unique(@files);
 }